diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/PDFMergerUtility.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/PDFMergerUtility.java
index 821b84fd4c0..7c368b2a8d0 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/PDFMergerUtility.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/PDFMergerUtility.java
@@ -291,10 +291,8 @@ public void setDestinationMetadata(PDMetadata meta)
      * Add a source file to the list of files to merge.
      *
      * @param source Full path and file name of source document.
-     * 
-     * @throws FileNotFoundException If the file doesn't exist
      */
-    public void addSource(String source) throws FileNotFoundException
+    public void addSource(String source)
     {
         addSource(new File(source));
     }
@@ -303,10 +301,8 @@ public void addSource(String source) throws FileNotFoundException
      * Add a source file to the list of files to merge.
      *
      * @param source File representing source document
-     * 
-     * @throws FileNotFoundException If the file doesn't exist
      */
-    public void addSource(File source) throws FileNotFoundException
+    public void addSource(File source)
     {
         sources.add(source);
     }