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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecInputStream.java
index ccf4d5c..cb70108 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecInputStream.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
      * Reads one {@code byte} from this input stream.
      *
      * @return The byte as an integer in the range 0 to 255. Returns -1 if EOF has been reached.
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     @Override
     public int read() throws IOException {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
      * The {@link #reset} method of {@link BaseNCodecInputStream} does nothing except throw an {@link IOException}.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @throws IOException if this method is invoked.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if this method is invoked.
      * @since 1.7
      */
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecOutputStream.java
index ae5bcdf..7303194 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BaseNCodecOutputStream.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
      * <a href= "https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/apidocs/org/apache/commons/io/output/CloseShieldOutputStream.html" >CloseShieldOutputStream</a>.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     /**
      * Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes to be written out to the stream.
      *
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     @Override
     public void flush() throws IOException {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
      * flushed.
      *
      * @param propagate boolean flag to indicate whether the wrapped OutputStream should also be flushed.
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     private void flush(final boolean propagate) throws IOException {
         final int avail = baseNCodec.available(context);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
      * Writes the specified {@code byte} to this output stream.
      *
      * @param i source byte.
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     @Override
     public void write(final int i) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/cli/Digest.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/cli/Digest.java
index 91f3651..8d4ba69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/cli/Digest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/cli/Digest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
      *
      * @param args {@code args[0]} is one of {@link MessageDigestAlgorithms} name, {@link MessageDigest} name, {@code ALL}, or {@code *}. {@code args[1+]} is a
      *             FILE/DIRECTORY/String.
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs.
      */
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
         new Digest(args).run();