diff --git a/doc/source/reference/testing.rst b/doc/source/reference/testing.rst
index 249c2c56cfe57..e617712aa8f5e 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/testing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/testing.rst
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ Exceptions and warnings
 
    errors.AbstractMethodError
    errors.AccessorRegistrationWarning
+   errors.AttributeConflictWarning
+   errors.ClosedFileError
    errors.CSSWarning
    errors.DataError
    errors.DtypeWarning
    errors.DuplicateLabelError
    errors.EmptyDataError
+   errors.IncompatibilityWarning
    errors.IndexingError
    errors.InvalidIndexError
    errors.IntCastingNaNError
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ Exceptions and warnings
    errors.ParserError
    errors.ParserWarning
    errors.PerformanceWarning
+   errors.PossibleDataLossError
    errors.PyperclipException
    errors.PyperclipWindowsException
    errors.SettingWithCopyError
diff --git a/pandas/errors/__init__.py b/pandas/errors/__init__.py
index 47819ae5fad23..0e0409ccb0932 100644
--- a/pandas/errors/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/errors/__init__.py
@@ -415,14 +415,58 @@ class CSSWarning(UserWarning):
     """
 
 
+class PossibleDataLossError(Exception):
+    """
+    Exception is raised when trying to open a HDFStore file when the file is already
+    opened.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> store = pd.HDFStore('my-store', 'a') # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> store.open("w") # doctest: +SKIP
+    ... # PossibleDataLossError: Re-opening the file [my-store] with mode [a]...
+    """
+
+
+class ClosedFileError(Exception):
+    """
+    Exception is raised when trying to perform an operation on a closed HDFStore file.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> store = pd.HDFStore('my-store', 'a') # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> store.close() # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> store.keys() # doctest: +SKIP
+    ... # ClosedFileError: my-store file is not open!
+    """
+
+
+class IncompatibilityWarning(Warning):
+    """
+    Warning is raised when trying to use where criteria on an incompatible
+    HDF5 file.
+    """
+
+
+class AttributeConflictWarning(Warning):
+    """
+    Warning is raised when attempting to append an index with a different
+    name than the existing index on an HDFStore or attempting to append an index with a
+    different frequency than the existing index on an HDFStore.
+    """
+
+
 __all__ = [
     "AbstractMethodError",
     "AccessorRegistrationWarning",
+    "AttributeConflictWarning",
+    "ClosedFileError",
     "CSSWarning",
     "DataError",
     "DtypeWarning",
     "DuplicateLabelError",
     "EmptyDataError",
+    "IncompatibilityWarning",
     "IntCastingNaNError",
     "InvalidIndexError",
     "IndexingError",
@@ -436,6 +480,7 @@ class CSSWarning(UserWarning):
     "ParserError",
     "ParserWarning",
     "PerformanceWarning",
+    "PossibleDataLossError",
     "PyperclipException",
     "PyperclipWindowsException",
     "SettingWithCopyError",
diff --git a/pandas/io/pytables.py b/pandas/io/pytables.py
index b96fa4a57f188..52a2883e70f93 100644
--- a/pandas/io/pytables.py
+++ b/pandas/io/pytables.py
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@
 )
 from pandas.compat._optional import import_optional_dependency
 from pandas.compat.pickle_compat import patch_pickle
-from pandas.errors import PerformanceWarning
+from pandas.errors import (
+    AttributeConflictWarning,
+    ClosedFileError,
+    IncompatibilityWarning,
+    PerformanceWarning,
+    PossibleDataLossError,
+)
 from pandas.util._decorators import cache_readonly
 from pandas.util._exceptions import find_stack_level
 
@@ -169,43 +175,17 @@ def _ensure_term(where, scope_level: int):
     return where if where is None or len(where) else None
 
 
-class PossibleDataLossError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class ClosedFileError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class IncompatibilityWarning(Warning):
-    pass
-
-
 incompatibility_doc = """
 where criteria is being ignored as this version [%s] is too old (or
 not-defined), read the file in and write it out to a new file to upgrade (with
 the copy_to method)
 """
 
-
-class AttributeConflictWarning(Warning):
-    pass
-
-
 attribute_conflict_doc = """
 the [%s] attribute of the existing index is [%s] which conflicts with the new
 [%s], resetting the attribute to None
 """
 
-
-class DuplicateWarning(Warning):
-    pass
-
-
-duplicate_doc = """
-duplicate entries in table, taking most recently appended
-"""
-
 performance_doc = """
 your performance may suffer as PyTables will pickle object types that it cannot
 map directly to c-types [inferred_type->%s,key->%s] [items->%s]
@@ -3550,7 +3530,7 @@ def get_attrs(self) -> None:
     def validate_version(self, where=None) -> None:
         """are we trying to operate on an old version?"""
         if where is not None:
-            if self.version[0] <= 0 and self.version[1] <= 10 and self.version[2] < 1:
+            if self.is_old_version:
                 ws = incompatibility_doc % ".".join([str(x) for x in self.version])
                 warnings.warn(ws, IncompatibilityWarning)
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_file_handling.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_file_handling.py
index 9fde65e3a1a43..13b6b94dda8d4 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_file_handling.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_file_handling.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 import pytest
 
 from pandas.compat import is_platform_little_endian
+from pandas.errors import (
+    ClosedFileError,
+    PossibleDataLossError,
+)
 
 from pandas import (
     DataFrame,
@@ -20,11 +24,7 @@
 )
 
 from pandas.io import pytables as pytables
-from pandas.io.pytables import (
-    ClosedFileError,
-    PossibleDataLossError,
-    Term,
-)
+from pandas.io.pytables import Term
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.single_cpu
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
index 3a6f699cce94e..e8f4e7ee92fc3 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ def test_store_series_name(setup_path):
         tm.assert_series_equal(recons, series)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:\\nduplicate:pandas.io.pytables.DuplicateWarning")
 def test_overwrite_node(setup_path):
 
     with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_errors.py b/pandas/tests/test_errors.py
index 177ff566e347a..f003e1d07bca6 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_errors.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_errors.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
         "IndexingError",
         "PyperclipException",
         "CSSWarning",
+        "ClosedFileError",
+        "PossibleDataLossError",
+        "IncompatibilityWarning",
+        "AttributeConflictWarning",
     ],
 )
 def test_exception_importable(exc):