diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 3611567..2b384d3 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -400,8 +400,20 @@ impl Response {
     /// ```
     #[cfg(feature = "json")]
     pub fn into_json(self) -> IoResult<serde_json::Value> {
+        use crate::stream::io_err_timeout;
+        use std::error::Error;
+
         let reader = self.into_reader();
         serde_json::from_reader(reader).map_err(|e| {
+            // This is to unify TimedOut IoError in the API.
+            // We make a clone of the original error since serde_json::Error doesn't
+            // let us get the wrapped error instance back.
+            if let Some(ioe) = e.source().and_then(|s| s.downcast_ref::<IoError>()) {
+                if ioe.kind() == ErrorKind::TimedOut {
+                    return io_err_timeout(ioe.to_string());
+                }
+            }
+
             IoError::new(
                 ErrorKind::InvalidData,
                 format!("Failed to read JSON: {}", e),
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index 31a56ec..34a685f 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Read for DeadlineStream {
             // Since the socket most definitely not set_nonblocking(true),
             // we can safely normalize WouldBlock to TimedOut
             if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
-                return io_error_timeout();
+                return io_err_timeout("timed out reading response".to_string());
             }
             e
         })
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ impl Read for DeadlineStream {
 fn time_until_deadline(deadline: Instant) -> IoResult<Duration> {
     let now = Instant::now();
     match deadline.checked_duration_since(now) {
-        None => Err(io_error_timeout()),
+        None => Err(io_err_timeout("timed out reading response".to_string())),
         Some(duration) => Ok(duration),
     }
 }
 
-fn io_error_timeout() -> IoError {
-    IoError::new(ErrorKind::TimedOut, "timed out reading response")
+pub(crate) fn io_err_timeout(error: String) -> IoError {
+    IoError::new(ErrorKind::TimedOut, error)
 }
 
 impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Stream {
@@ -541,20 +541,17 @@ fn connect_socks5(
         let done = lock.lock().unwrap();
 
         let timeout_connect = time_until_deadline(deadline)?;
-        let done_result = cvar
-            .wait_timeout(done, timeout_connect)
-            .unwrap();
+        let done_result = cvar.wait_timeout(done, timeout_connect).unwrap();
         let done = done_result.0;
         if *done {
             rx.recv().unwrap()?
         } else {
-            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
-                ErrorKind::TimedOut,
-                format!(
-                    "SOCKS5 proxy: {}:{} timed out connecting after {}ms.",
-                    host, port, timeout_connect.as_millis()
-                ),
-            ));
+            return Err(io_err_timeout(format!(
+                "SOCKS5 proxy: {}:{} timed out connecting after {}ms.",
+                host,
+                port,
+                timeout_connect.as_millis()
+            )));
         }
     } else {
         get_socks5_stream(&proxy, &proxy_addr, host_addr)?