diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index d4a39609683..1491be19eb1 100755
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Here is a quick teaser of a complete Spring Boot application in Java:
 			return "Hello World!";
 		}
 
-		public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		public static void main(String[] args) {
 			SpringApplication.run(Example.class, args);
 		}