diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/StartupSettings.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/StartupSettings.java
index 079aaa0..08f7975 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/StartupSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/StartupSettings.java
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ public class StartupSettings {
    * @param jsonFile
    *          The file object which refers to the JSON config file.
    * @return The StartupSettings object with the settings from the config file.
-   * @throws JSONException
-   *           Thrown when the file is not well-formed JSON.
    * @throws FileNotFoundException
    *           Thrown when the file cannot be found.
    * @throws IOException