diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 3a1cadc927e..fbe40721ace 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-18  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+	* java/util/Timer.java (finalize): Added "throws Throwable".
+
 2003-09-18  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/net/DatagramSocket.java
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/Timer.java b/libjava/java/util/Timer.java
index 38c4dc09f57..928cd9b5d50 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/Timer.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/Timer.java
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ public class Timer
    * Tells the scheduler that the Timer task died
    * so there will be no more new tasks scheduled.
    */
-  protected void finalize()
+  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
   {
     queue.setNullOnEmpty(true);
   }