diff --git a/pagination/single.go b/pagination/single.go
index 2be2ff6..4251d64 100644
--- a/pagination/single.go
+++ b/pagination/single.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
 )
 
 // SinglePageBase may be embedded in a Page that contains all of the results from an operation at once.
@@ -13,11 +15,15 @@
 	return "", nil
 }
 
+// IsEmpty satisifies the IsEmpty method of the Page interface
 func (current SinglePageBase) IsEmpty() (bool, error) {
 	if b, ok := current.Body.([]interface{}); ok {
 		return len(b) == 0, nil
 	}
-	return true, fmt.Errorf("Error while checking if SinglePageBase was empty: expected []interface type for Body bot got %+v", reflect.TypeOf(current.Body))
+	err := gophercloud.ErrUnexpectedType{}
+	err.Expected = "[]interface{}"
+	err.Actual = fmt.Sprintf("%v", reflect.TypeOf(current.Body))
+	return true, err
 }
 
 // GetBody returns the single page's body. This method is needed to satisfy the