diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/jaxrs/examples/sse/ServerSentEventsResource.java b/examples/src/main/java/jaxrs/examples/sse/ServerSentEventsResource.java
index df4ab7bfb..98b1e4ff7 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/jaxrs/examples/sse/ServerSentEventsResource.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/jaxrs/examples/sse/ServerSentEventsResource.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public void startDomain(@PathParam("id") final String id,
                 eventSink.close();
             } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                //handle io error
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/jakarta/ws/rs/sse/SseEventSink.java b/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/jakarta/ws/rs/sse/SseEventSink.java
index bf37ce372..e27b1630d 100644
--- a/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/jakarta/ws/rs/sse/SseEventSink.java
+++ b/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/jakarta/ws/rs/sse/SseEventSink.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package jakarta.ws.rs.sse;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 
 /**
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ public interface SseEventSink extends AutoCloseable {
      * <p>
      * Subsequent calls have no effect and are ignored. Once the {@link SseEventSink} is closed, invoking any method other
      * than this one and {@link #isClosed()} would result in an {@link IllegalStateException} being thrown.
+     * 
+     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     @Override
-    void close();
+    void close() throws IOException;
 }