diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/Throws.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/Throws.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates what exceptions should be declared by a function when compiled to a JVM method.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * @Throws(IOException::class)
+ * fun readFile(name: String): String {...}
+ * ```
+ *
+ * will be translated to
+ *
+ * ```
+ * String readFile(String name) throws IOException {...}
+ * ```
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.4")
+public actual typealias Throws = kotlin.jvm.Throws
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/annotations/Throws.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/annotations/Throws.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin
+
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates what exceptions should be declared by a function when compiled to a platform method
+ * in Kotlin/JVM and Kotlin/Native.
+ *
+ * @property exceptionClasses the list of checked exception classes that may be thrown by the function.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.4")
+@Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION, AnnotationTarget.PROPERTY_GETTER, AnnotationTarget.PROPERTY_SETTER, AnnotationTarget.CONSTRUCTOR)
+@Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
+@OptionalExpectation
+public expect annotation class Throws(vararg val exceptionClasses: KClass<out Throwable>)