diff --git a/src/core/lombok/eclipse/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java b/src/core/lombok/eclipse/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
index b7c8a5d88f..aa78ca3bbe 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/eclipse/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/eclipse/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Argument;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ArrayInitializer;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Block;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ConstructorDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ExplicitConstructorCall;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Expression;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.MemberValuePair;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.MessageSend;
@@ -147,7 +149,21 @@ private void handleMethod(EclipseNode annotation, AbstractMethodDeclaration meth
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		if (method.statements == null) return;
+		if (method.statements == null || method.statements.length == 0) {
+			boolean hasConstructorCall = false;
+			if (method instanceof ConstructorDeclaration) {
+				ExplicitConstructorCall constructorCall = ((ConstructorDeclaration) method).constructorCall;
+				hasConstructorCall = constructorCall != null && !constructorCall.isImplicitSuper() && !constructorCall.isImplicitThis();
+			}
+			
+			if (hasConstructorCall) {
+				annotation.addWarning("Calls to sibling / super constructors are always excluded from @SneakyThrows; @SneakyThrows has been ignored because there is no other code in this constructor.");
+			} else {
+				annotation.addWarning("This method or constructor is empty; @SneakyThrows has been ignored.");
+			}
+			
+			return;
+		}
 		
 		Statement[] contents = method.statements;
 		
@@ -160,9 +176,9 @@ private void handleMethod(EclipseNode annotation, AbstractMethodDeclaration meth
 	}
 	
 	private Statement buildTryCatchBlock(Statement[] contents, DeclaredException exception, ASTNode source, AbstractMethodDeclaration method) {
-		int methodStart =  method.bodyStart;
-		int methodEnd =  method.bodyEnd;
-		long methodPosEnd = methodEnd << 32 | (methodEnd & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
+		int methodStart = method.bodyStart;
+		int methodEnd = method.bodyEnd;
+		long methodPosEnd = ((long) methodEnd) << 32 | (methodEnd & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
 		
 		TryStatement tryStatement = new TryStatement();
 		setGeneratedBy(tryStatement, source);
diff --git a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
index a5bd74e7d8..c2394fc81d 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleSneakyThrows.java
@@ -84,13 +84,20 @@ private void handleMethod(JavacNode annotation, JCMethodDecl method, Collection<
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		if (method.body == null) return;
-		if (method.body.stats.isEmpty()) return;
+		if (method.body == null || method.body.stats.isEmpty()) {
+			generateEmptyBlockWarning(methodNode, annotation, false);
+			return;
+		}
 		
 		final JCStatement constructorCall = method.body.stats.get(0);
 		final boolean isConstructorCall = isConstructorCall(constructorCall);
 		List<JCStatement> contents = isConstructorCall ? method.body.stats.tail : method.body.stats;
 		
+		if (contents == null || contents.isEmpty()) {
+			generateEmptyBlockWarning(methodNode, annotation, true);
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		for (String exception : exceptions) {
 			contents = List.of(buildTryCatchBlock(methodNode, contents, exception, annotation.get()));
 		}
@@ -99,6 +106,14 @@ private void handleMethod(JavacNode annotation, JCMethodDecl method, Collection<
 		methodNode.rebuild();
 	}
 	
+	private void generateEmptyBlockWarning(JavacNode methodNode, JavacNode annotation, boolean hasConstructorCall) {
+		if (hasConstructorCall) {
+			annotation.addWarning("Calls to sibling / super constructors are always excluded from @SneakyThrows; @SneakyThrows has been ignored because there is no other code in this constructor.");
+		} else {
+			annotation.addWarning("This method or constructor is empty; @SneakyThrows has been ignored.");
+		}
+	}
+
 	private boolean isConstructorCall(final JCStatement supect) {
 		if (!(supect instanceof JCExpressionStatement)) return false;
 		final JCExpression supectExpression = ((JCExpressionStatement) supect).expr;
diff --git a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/JavacHandlerUtil.java b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/JavacHandlerUtil.java
index c2de5b05eb..e79dd5dc3a 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/JavacHandlerUtil.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/JavacHandlerUtil.java
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ public static void deleteAnnotationIfNeccessary(JavacNode annotation, Class<? ex
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		parentNode.getAst().setChanged();
 		deleteImportFromCompilationUnit(annotation, annotationType.getName());
 	}
 	
diff --git a/website/features/SneakyThrows.html b/website/features/SneakyThrows.html
index 0f04b7d993..808a787904 100644
--- a/website/features/SneakyThrows.html
+++ b/website/features/SneakyThrows.html
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ <h3>Small print</h3><div class="smallprint">
 				statement in a try/catch block with just <code>e.printStackTrace()</code> in the catch block. This is so spectacularly non-productive
 				compared to just sneakily throwing the exception onwards, that Roel and Reinier feel more than justified in claiming that the
 				checked exception system is far from perfect, and thus an opt-out mechanism is warranted.
-				</p>
+				</p><p>
+				If you put <code>@SneakyThrows</code> on a constructor, any call to a sibling or super constructor is <em>excluded</em> from the <code>@SneakyThrows</code> treatment. This is a
+				java restriction we cannot work around: Calls to sibling/super constructors MUST be the first statement in the constructor; they cannot be placed inside try/catch blocks.
+				</p><p>
+				<code>@SneakyThrows</code> on an empty method, or a constructor that is empty or only has a call to a sibling / super constructor results in no try/catch block and a warning.
 			</div>
 		</div>
 		<div class="footer">