diff --git a/barbicanclient/exceptions.py b/barbicanclient/exceptions.py
index e032de4f..e6cdbdc0 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/exceptions.py
@@ -18,9 +18,5 @@ class BarbicanException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class NoPayloadException(BarbicanException):
-    pass
-
-
-class InvalidPayloadException(BarbicanException):
+class PayloadException(BarbicanException):
     pass
diff --git a/barbicanclient/secrets.py b/barbicanclient/secrets.py
index 0bf44afa..0341947b 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/secrets.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/secrets.py
@@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ class Secret(SecretFormatter):
         Stores the Secret in Barbican.  New Secret objects are not persisted
         in Barbican until this method is called.
 
-        :raises: NoPayloadException
-        :raises: InvalidPayloadException
+        :raises: PayloadException
         """
         secret_dict = {
             'name': self.name,
@@ -265,9 +264,9 @@ class Secret(SecretFormatter):
         }
 
         if not self.payload:
-            raise exceptions.NoPayloadException
+            raise exceptions.PayloadException("Missing Payload")
         if not isinstance(self.payload, (six.text_type, six.binary_type)):
-            raise exceptions.InvalidPayloadException
+            raise exceptions.PayloadException("Invalid Payload Type")
         if self.payload_content_type:
             """
             Setting the payload_content_type and payload_content_encoding
diff --git a/functionaltests/client/v1/functional/test_secrets.py b/functionaltests/client/v1/functional/test_secrets.py
index b1441327..a6df1bb0 100644
--- a/functionaltests/client/v1/functional/test_secrets.py
+++ b/functionaltests/client/v1/functional/test_secrets.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class SecretsTestCase(base.TestCase):
         test_model.payload = None
 
         self.assertRaises(
-            exceptions.NoPayloadException,
+            exceptions.PayloadException,
             self.behaviors.store_secret,
             test_model
         )
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class SecretsTestCase(base.TestCase):
         test_model.payload_content_type = None
 
         self.assertRaises(
-            exceptions.NoPayloadException,
+            exceptions.PayloadException,
             self.behaviors.store_secret,
             test_model
         )
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class SecretsTestCase(base.TestCase):
             secret_create_emptystrings_data)
 
         self.assertRaises(
-            exceptions.NoPayloadException,
+            exceptions.PayloadException,
             self.behaviors.store_secret,
             test_model
         )
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class SecretsTestCase(base.TestCase):
         test_model.payload = payload
 
         self.assertRaises(
-            exceptions.InvalidPayloadException,
+            exceptions.PayloadException,
             self.behaviors.store_secret,
             test_model
         )
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class SecretsTestCase(base.TestCase):
         test_model.payload = payload
 
         self.assertRaises(
-            exceptions.NoPayloadException,
+            exceptions.PayloadException,
             self.behaviors.store_secret,
             test_model
         )
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 8cad4fb6..684cef9e 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 coverage>=3.6
 discover
-hacking>=0.7.0
+hacking>=0.10.0,<0.11
 fixtures>=0.3.14
 requests-mock>=0.6.0  # Apache-2.0
 mock>=1.0