diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
index 2416e13c..1a3b0fbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ public class CSVFormat implements Serializable {
      *            the input stream
      * @return a stream of CSVRecord
      * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public Iterable<CSVRecord> parse(final Reader in) throws IOException {
         return new CSVParser(in, this);
@@ -599,7 +600,8 @@ public class CSVFormat implements Serializable {
          * @param in
          *            the input stream
          * @return a CSVRecord stream
-         * @throws IOException
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
          */
         public Iterable<CSVRecord> parse(final Reader in) throws IOException {
             return this.build().parse(in);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.java
index 966edd02..fbce822c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public class CSVParser implements Iterable<CSVRecord> {
      *            a Reader containing "csv-formatted" input
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      *             thrown if the parameters of the format are inconsistent
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public CSVParser(final Reader input) throws IOException {
         this(input, CSVFormat.DEFAULT);
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ public class CSVParser implements Iterable<CSVRecord> {
      *            the CSVFormat used for CSV parsing
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      *             thrown if the parameters of the format are inconsistent
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public CSVParser(final Reader input, final CSVFormat format) throws IOException {
         this.lexer = new CSVLexer(format, new ExtendedBufferedReader(input));
@@ -128,6 +132,8 @@ public class CSVParser implements Iterable<CSVRecord> {
      *            the CSVFormat used for CSV parsing
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      *             thrown if the parameters of the format are inconsistent
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public CSVParser(final String input, final CSVFormat format) throws IOException {
         this(new StringReader(input), format);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinter.java
index 211b79d5..5e980516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinter.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class CSVPrinter implements Flushable, Closeable {
      * Flushes the underlying stream.
      *
      * @throws IOException
+     *             If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public void flush() throws IOException {
         if (out instanceof Flushable) {