diff --git a/naga/src/diagnostic_filter.rs b/naga/src/diagnostic_filter.rs
index 16b8de6699..25fcc664f3 100644
--- a/naga/src/diagnostic_filter.rs
+++ b/naga/src/diagnostic_filter.rs
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ impl IntoIterator for DiagnosticFilterMap {
     }
 }
 
-/// An error returned by [`DiagnosticFilterMap::add`] when it encounters conflicting rules.
+/// An error returned when conflicting rules are present.
 #[cfg(feature = "wgsl-in")]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct ConflictingDiagnosticRuleError {
+pub struct ConflictingDiagnosticRuleError {
     pub triggering_rule_spans: [Span; 2],
 }
 
diff --git a/naga/src/front/wgsl/error.rs b/naga/src/front/wgsl/error.rs
index 1123caff6a..12c43a44d2 100644
--- a/naga/src/front/wgsl/error.rs
+++ b/naga/src/front/wgsl/error.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub enum InvalidAssignmentType {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum Error<'a> {
+pub enum Error<'a> {
     Unexpected(Span, ExpectedToken<'a>),
     UnexpectedComponents(Span),
     UnexpectedOperationInConstContext(Span),
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl From<ConflictingDiagnosticRuleError> for Error<'_> {
 
 /// Used for diagnostic refinement in [`Error::DiagnosticAttributeNotSupported`].
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum DiagnosticAttributeNotSupportedPosition {
+pub enum DiagnosticAttributeNotSupportedPosition {
     SemicolonInModulePosition,
     Other { display_plural: &'static str },
 }
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ impl From<&'static str> for DiagnosticAttributeNotSupportedPosition {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct AutoConversionError {
+pub struct AutoConversionError {
     pub dest_span: Span,
     pub dest_type: String,
     pub source_span: Span,
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ pub(crate) struct AutoConversionError {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct AutoConversionLeafScalarError {
+pub struct AutoConversionLeafScalarError {
     pub dest_span: Span,
     pub dest_scalar: String,
     pub source_span: Span,
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ pub(crate) struct AutoConversionLeafScalarError {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct ConcretizationFailedError {
+pub struct ConcretizationFailedError {
     pub expr_span: Span,
     pub expr_type: String,
     pub scalar: String,
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ConcretizationFailedError {
 impl<'a> Error<'a> {
     #[cold]
     #[inline(never)]
-    pub(crate) fn as_parse_error(&self, source: &'a str) -> ParseError {
+    pub fn as_parse_error(&self, source: &'a str) -> ParseError {
         match *self {
             Error::Unexpected(unexpected_span, expected) => {
                 let expected_str = match expected {
diff --git a/naga/src/front/wgsl/mod.rs b/naga/src/front/wgsl/mod.rs
index 1080392cc6..825ada591e 100644
--- a/naga/src/front/wgsl/mod.rs
+++ b/naga/src/front/wgsl/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mod parse;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-pub use crate::front::wgsl::error::ParseError;
+pub use crate::front::wgsl::error::{Error, ParseError};
 pub use crate::front::wgsl::parse::directive::language_extension::{
     ImplementedLanguageExtension, LanguageExtension, UnimplementedLanguageExtension,
 };
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub use crate::front::wgsl::parse::Options;
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::front::wgsl::error::Error;
 use crate::front::wgsl::lower::Lowerer;
 use crate::front::wgsl::parse::Parser;
 use crate::Scalar;
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@ impl Frontend {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn parse(&mut self, source: &str) -> core::result::Result<crate::Module, ParseError> {
-        self.inner(source).map_err(|x| x.as_parse_error(source))
-    }
-
-    fn inner<'a>(&mut self, source: &'a str) -> Result<'a, crate::Module> {
+    pub fn parse<'a>(&mut self, source: &'a str) -> Result<'a, crate::Module> {
         let tu = self.parser.parse(source, &self.options)?;
         let index = index::Index::generate(&tu)?;
         let module = Lowerer::new(&index).lower(tu)?;
@@ -74,7 +69,9 @@ impl Frontend {
 ///
 /// </div>
 pub fn parse_str(source: &str) -> core::result::Result<crate::Module, ParseError> {
-    Frontend::new().parse(source)
+    Frontend::new()
+        .parse(source)
+        .map_err(|e| e.as_parse_error(source))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/naga/src/front/wgsl/tests.rs b/naga/src/front/wgsl/tests.rs
index bdcd35d8a8..eac92ecb95 100644
--- a/naga/src/front/wgsl/tests.rs
+++ b/naga/src/front/wgsl/tests.rs
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ fn parse_repeated_attributes() {
         let span_end = span_start + name_length;
         let expected_span = Span::new(span_start, span_end);
 
-        let result = Frontend::new().inner(&shader);
+        let result = Frontend::new().parse(&shader);
         assert!(matches!(
             *result.unwrap_err(),
             Error::RepeatedAttribute(span) if span == expected_span
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ fn parse_missing_workgroup_size() {
     };
 
     let shader = "@compute fn vs() -> vec4<f32> { return vec4<f32>(0.0); }";
-    let result = Frontend::new().inner(shader);
+    let result = Frontend::new().parse(shader);
     assert!(matches!(
         *result.unwrap_err(),
         Error::MissingWorkgroupSize(span) if span == Span::new(1, 8)
diff --git a/naga/tests/naga/snapshots.rs b/naga/tests/naga/snapshots.rs
index 32e2f5e028..b58de0b2b0 100644
--- a/naga/tests/naga/snapshots.rs
+++ b/naga/tests/naga/snapshots.rs
@@ -837,7 +837,8 @@ fn convert_snapshots_wgsl() {
             Ok(mut module) => check_targets(&input, &mut module, Some(&source)),
             Err(e) => panic!(
                 "{}",
-                e.emit_to_string_with_path(&source, input.input_path())
+                e.as_parse_error(&source)
+                    .emit_to_string_with_path(&source, input.input_path())
             ),
         }
     }