diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 07dc4d2158309..5974877f153d5 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -68706,7 +68706,7 @@ package java.util.regex {
     method public java.util.regex.Matcher reset();
     method public java.util.regex.Matcher reset(java.lang.CharSequence);
     method public int start();
-    method public int start(int) throws java.lang.IllegalStateException;
+    method public int start(int);
     method public int start(java.lang.String);
     method public java.util.regex.MatchResult toMatchResult();
     method public java.util.regex.Matcher useAnchoringBounds(boolean);