diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
index b00bbb6ff7c..52a47cfb2db 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes
  *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
  * @throws IOException if any errors occur while copying.
  *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
+ * @throws FileSystemException if the source subtree contains an entry with an illegal name such as "." or "..".
+ *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
+ * @throws FileSystemLoopException if the recursive copy reaches a cycle.
+ *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
  * @throws SecurityException if a security manager is installed and access is not permitted to an entry in the source or target subtree.
  *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
  */
@@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ public fun Path.copyToRecursively(
  * @throws FileSystemException if [target] is an entry inside the source subtree.
  * @throws IOException if any errors occur while copying.
  *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
+ * @throws FileSystemException if the source subtree contains an entry with an illegal name such as "." or "..".
+ *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
+ * @throws FileSystemLoopException if the recursive copy reaches a cycle.
+ *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
  * @throws SecurityException if a security manager is installed and access is not permitted to an entry in the source or target subtree.
  *   This exception is passed to [onError] for handling.
  */
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathUtils.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathUtils.kt
index 00abc909806..c8d680ae1ef 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathUtils.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathUtils.kt
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ public inline fun URI.toPath(): Path =
  * Returns a sequence of paths for visiting this directory and all its content.
  *
  * By default, only files are visited, in depth-first order, and symbolic links are not followed.
+ * If encountered, symbolic links are included in the sequence as-is, and the content of the directory they point to is not visited.
  * The combination of [options] overrides the default behavior. See [PathWalkOption].
  *
  * The order in which sibling files are visited is unspecified.
@@ -1054,7 +1055,13 @@ public inline fun URI.toPath(): Path =
  * the changes may or may not appear in the returned sequence.
  *
  * If the file located by this path does not exist, an empty sequence is returned.
- * if the file located by this path is not a directory, a sequence containing only this path is returned.
+ * If the file located by this path is not a directory, a sequence containing only this path is returned.
+ *
+ * When iterating the returned sequence, the following exceptions could be thrown:
+ *   * [FileSystemException] if the traversal reaches an entry with an illegal name such as "." or "..".
+ *   * [FileSystemLoopException] if the traversal reaches a cycle.
+ *   * [SecurityException] if a security manager is installed and the traversal reaches an entry whose access is not permitted.
+ *   * [IOException] if any errors arise while opening a directory.
  */
 @ExperimentalPathApi
 @SinceKotlin("1.7")