diff --git a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
index bdd5e6b9b..c31dfff09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  *
  *     // CheckSum implements Callable, so parsing, error handling and handling user
  *     // requests for usage help or version help can be done with one line of code.
- *     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+ *     public static void main(String[] args) {
  *         int exitCode = new CommandLine(new CheckSum()).execute(args);
  *         System.exit(exitCode);
  *     }