diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
index 112a65bc110..e38f72b7843 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ public class PathResource extends Resource
      * Must be an absolute URI using the <code>file</code> scheme.
      *
      * @param uri the URI to build this PathResource from.
-     * @throws IOException if unable to construct the PathResource from the URI.
      */
     PathResource(URI uri)
     {