diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/LimitedInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/LimitedInputStream.java
index 002d7da..5727031 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/LimitedInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/LimitedInputStream.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
      *
      * @return     the next byte of data, or <code>-1</code> if the end of the
      *             stream is reached.
-     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.FilterInputStream#in
      */
     @Override
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
      * @return     the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
      *             <code>-1</code> if there is no more data because the end of
      *             the stream has been reached.
-     * @exception  NullPointerException If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>.
-     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException If <code>off</code> is negative,
+     * @throws  NullPointerException If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException If <code>off</code> is negative,
      * <code>len</code> is negative, or <code>len</code> is greater than
      * <code>b.length - off</code>
-     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.FilterInputStream#in
      */
     @Override
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
      * This
      * method simply performs <code>in.close()</code>.
      *
-     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @throws  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.FilterInputStream#in
      */
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/mime/QuotedPrintableDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/mime/QuotedPrintableDecoder.java
index f071532..7bdf588 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/mime/QuotedPrintableDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload/util/mime/QuotedPrintableDecoder.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
      * @param out    The output stream used to return the decoded data.
      *
      * @return the number of bytes produced.
-     * @exception IOException
+     * @throws IOException
      */
     public static int decode(byte[] data, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         int off = 0;