+.. function:: const char *memcached_last_error_message(const memcached_st *ptr)
+
+ :param ptr: pointer to an initialized `memcached_st` struct
+ :returns: message describing the status of last operation
+
+.. function:: int memcached_last_error_errno(const memcached_st *ptr)
+
+ :param ptr: pointer to an initialized `memcached_st` struct
+ :returns: :manpage:`errno(3)` (if any) of last operation