diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/POIXMLDocumentHandler.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/POIXMLDocumentHandler.java
index 1a8cbf6a03..82b3f6d36e 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/POIXMLDocumentHandler.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/POIXMLDocumentHandler.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public final class POIXMLDocumentHandler {
             } finally {
                 poifs.close();
             }
-            throw new IOException("wrong file format or file extension for OO XML file");
+            throw new IOException("Wrong file format or file extension for OO XML file");
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/OldExcelFormatException.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/OldExcelFormatException.java
index beb8c02c73..e42e613d84 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/OldExcelFormatException.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/OldExcelFormatException.java
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hssf;
 
 import org.apache.poi.OldFileFormatException;
-import org.apache.poi.util.Removal;
 
-/**
- * @deprecated POI 3.16 beta 1. Use {@link org.apache.poi.OldFileFormatException}
- */
-@Removal(version="3.18")
 public class OldExcelFormatException extends OldFileFormatException {
 	public OldExcelFormatException(String s) {
 		super(s);