diff --git a/sw/source/ui/inc/unotxvw.hxx b/sw/source/ui/inc/unotxvw.hxx
index 6d44c3d021c3..61782198a2f4 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/inc/unotxvw.hxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/inc/unotxvw.hxx
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ public:
     virtual ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL getImplementationId(  ) throw(::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
 
     //XSelectionSupplier
-    virtual ::com::sun::star::uno::Any SAL_CALL getSelection(void) throw( ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException );
+    virtual ::com::sun::star::uno::Any SAL_CALL getSelection()
+        throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException,
+               std::exception);
     virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL select(const ::com::sun::star::uno::Any& rInterface)
         throw (::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException,
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/unotxvw.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/unotxvw.cxx
index 76fe50d1c4a9..99c4175db0d2 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/unotxvw.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/unotxvw.cxx
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ sal_Bool SwXTextView::select(const uno::Any& aInterface)
     return bRet;
 }
 
-uno::Any SwXTextView::getSelection(void) throw( uno::RuntimeException )
+uno::Any SwXTextView::getSelection()
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException, std::exception)
 {
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
     uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >  aRef;