diff --git a/config.xml b/config.xml
index 097c5170422d7bd9e958dc6fe490c53198004f3a..c8e0cd7b6ab958e23960c309091c7a669b58524c 100644
--- a/config.xml
+++ b/config.xml
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
             <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
             <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="false"/>
             <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="false"/>
+            <property name="validateThrows" value="true"/>
             <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF, COMPACT_CTOR_DEF"/>
         </module>
         <module name="JavadocContentLocationCheck">