diff --git a/lib/cluster/connection_pool.js b/lib/cluster/connection_pool.js
index 620b0998..0c385860 100644
--- a/lib/cluster/connection_pool.js
+++ b/lib/cluster/connection_pool.js
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ ConnectionPool.prototype.findOrCreate = function (node, readOnly) {
     });
 
     this.emit('+node', redis);
+
+    redis.on('error', function (error) {
+      _this.emit('nodeError', error);
+    });
   }
 
   return redis;
diff --git a/lib/cluster/index.js b/lib/cluster/index.js
index 76ce4d00..e1bd887f 100644
--- a/lib/cluster/index.js
+++ b/lib/cluster/index.js
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ function Cluster(startupNodes, options) {
   this.connectionPool.on('drain', function () {
     _this.setStatus('close');
   });
+  this.connectionPool.on('nodeError', function (error) {
+    _this.emit('node error', error);
+  });
 
   this.slots = [];
   this.retryAttempts = 0;
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ Cluster.prototype.executeOfflineCommands = function () {
 
 Cluster.prototype.sendCommand = function (command, stream, node) {
   if (this.status === 'end') {
-    command.reject(new Error('Connection is closed.'));
+    command.reject(new Error(utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG));
     return command.promise;
   }
   var to = this.options.scaleReads;
@@ -506,7 +509,7 @@ Cluster.prototype.handleError = function (error, ttl, handlers) {
       timeout: this.options.retryDelayOnClusterDown,
       callback: this.refreshSlotsCache.bind(this)
     });
-  } else if (error.message === 'Connection is closed.' && this.options.retryDelayOnFailover > 0) {
+  } else if (error.message === utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG && this.options.retryDelayOnFailover > 0) {
     this.delayQueue.push('failover', handlers.connectionClosed, {
       timeout: this.options.retryDelayOnFailover,
       callback: this.refreshSlotsCache.bind(this)
diff --git a/lib/connectors/connector.js b/lib/connectors/connector.js
index 469e9be2..1b7f9892 100644
--- a/lib/connectors/connector.js
+++ b/lib/connectors/connector.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var net = require('net');
 var tls = require('tls');
+var utils = require('../utils');
 
 function Connector(options) {
   this.options = options;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ Connector.prototype.connect = function (callback) {
   var _this = this;
   process.nextTick(function () {
     if (!_this.connecting) {
-      callback(new Error('Connection is closed.'));
+      callback(new Error(utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG));
       return;
     }
     var stream;
diff --git a/lib/connectors/sentinel_connector.js b/lib/connectors/sentinel_connector.js
index fe23aeea..a4bb5af9 100644
--- a/lib/connectors/sentinel_connector.js
+++ b/lib/connectors/sentinel_connector.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SentinelConnector.prototype.connect = function (callback) {
     var endpoint = _this.sentinels[_this.currentPoint];
     _this.resolve(endpoint, function (err, resolved) {
       if (!_this.connecting) {
-        callback(new Error('Connection is closed.'));
+        callback(new Error(utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG));
         return;
       }
       if (resolved) {
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ SentinelConnector.prototype.resolve = function (endpoint, callback) {
     dropBufferSupport: true
   });
 
+  // ignore the errors since resolve* methods will handle them
+  client.on('error', noop);
+
   if (this.options.role === 'slave') {
     this.resolveSlave(client, callback);
   } else {
@@ -173,4 +176,6 @@ SentinelConnector.prototype.resolve = function (endpoint, callback) {
   }
 };
 
+function noop() {}
+
 module.exports = SentinelConnector;
diff --git a/lib/redis.js b/lib/redis.js
index 000f0914..2ad12be1 100644
--- a/lib/redis.js
+++ b/lib/redis.js
@@ -438,14 +438,33 @@ Redis.prototype._readyCheck = function (callback) {
  * @private
  */
 Redis.prototype.silentEmit = function (eventName) {
+  var error;
+  if (eventName === 'error') {
+    error = arguments[1];
+
+    if (this.status === 'end') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.manuallyClosing) {
+      // ignore connection related errors when manually disconnecting
+      if (
+        error instanceof Error &&
+        (
+          error.message === utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG ||
+          error.syscall === 'connect' ||
+          error.syscall === 'read'
+        )
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   if (this.listeners(eventName).length > 0) {
     return this.emit.apply(this, arguments);
   }
-  if (eventName === 'error') {
-    var error = arguments[1];
-    if (error instanceof Error) {
-      console.error('[ioredis] Unhandled error event:', error.stack);
-    }
+  if (error && error instanceof Error) {
+    console.error('[ioredis] Unhandled error event:', error.stack);
   }
   return false;
 };
@@ -528,7 +547,7 @@ Redis.prototype.sendCommand = function (command, stream) {
     this.connect().catch(function () {});
   }
   if (this.status === 'end') {
-    command.reject(new Error('Connection is closed.'));
+    command.reject(new Error(utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG));
     return command.promise;
   }
   if (this.condition.subscriber && !Command.checkFlag('VALID_IN_SUBSCRIBER_MODE', command.name)) {
diff --git a/lib/redis/event_handler.js b/lib/redis/event_handler.js
index 2031071b..250bafcc 100644
--- a/lib/redis/event_handler.js
+++ b/lib/redis/event_handler.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var debug = require('debug')('ioredis:connection');
 var Command = require('../command');
+var utils = require('../utils');
 
 exports.connectHandler = function (self) {
   return function () {
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ exports.closeHandler = function (self) {
 
   function close() {
     self.setStatus('end');
-    self.flushQueue(new Error('Connection is closed.'));
+    self.flushQueue(new Error(utils.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
index 0eab9589..948fefff 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -295,3 +295,8 @@ exports.sample = function (array, from) {
   }
   return array[from + Math.floor(Math.random() * (length - from))];
 };
+
+/**
+ * Error message for connection being disconnected
+ */
+exports.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_MSG = 'Connection is closed.';
diff --git a/test/functional/connection.js b/test/functional/connection.js
index 6002a6d2..ba3079c7 100644
--- a/test/functional/connection.js
+++ b/test/functional/connection.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('connection', function () {
       });
 
       var redis2 = new Redis(6390, { lazyConnect: true, retryStrategy: null });
-      redis2.connect().catch(function (err) {
+      redis2.connect().catch(function () {
         if (!--pending) {
           redis2.disconnect();
           done();