diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
index fb365d118..60ac6269d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     If the output is not quite correct, check for invisible trailing spaces!
      -->
     <release version="3.0" date="TBD" description="TBD">
+      <action dev="erans" type="update" issue="MATH-459">
+        Removed "MathRuntimeException" (from package "o.a.c.math").
+      </action>
       <action dev="tn" type="fix" issue="MATH-739">
       	Merged interface and implementation of statistical tests in
       	o.a.c.m.stat.inference package.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/regression/MillerUpdatingRegressionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/regression/MillerUpdatingRegressionTest.java
index 807db0cf2..4196880db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/regression/MillerUpdatingRegressionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/regression/MillerUpdatingRegressionTest.java
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ public class MillerUpdatingRegressionTest {
     }
 
 //    @Test
-//    public void testRegressReorder() throws MathException {
+//    public void testRegressReorder() {
 //        // System.out.println("testRegressReorder");
 //        MillerUpdatingRegression instance = new MillerUpdatingRegression(4, false);
 //        double[][] x = new double[airdata[0].length][];
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
index 38c7c5e8d..f7fed1ca3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
@@ -91,16 +91,11 @@ public class DefaultTransformerTest {
     /**
      *
      */
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected=MathIllegalArgumentException.class)
     public void testTransformObject(){
         Boolean input = Boolean.TRUE;
         DefaultTransformer t = new DefaultTransformer();
-        try {
-            t.transform(input);
-            Assert.fail("Expecting MathException");
-        } catch (MathIllegalArgumentException e) {
-            // expected
-        }
+        t.transform(input);
     }
 
     @Test