1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
index 407af7232f..5c9098fb53 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public class XWPFSettings extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
         try {
             ctSettings = SettingsDocument.Factory.parse(inputStream, DEFAULT_XML_OPTIONS).getSettings();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to read data from input-stream", e);
         }
     }