diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
index 52f340251c2d..8da8d83d9231 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
@@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ public void write(KEY key, Mutation value)
    * @param context  The current task context.
    * @return The newly created writer instance.
    * @throws IOException When creating the writer fails.
+   * @throws InterruptedException When the job is cancelled.
    */
   @Override
   public RecordWriter<KEY, Mutation> getRecordWriter(TaskAttemptContext context)
-    throws IOException {
+      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     return new TableRecordWriter();
   }
 
@@ -167,11 +168,11 @@ public RecordWriter<KEY, Mutation> getRecordWriter(TaskAttemptContext context)
    *
    * @param context  The current context.
    * @throws IOException When the check fails.
+   * @throws InterruptedException When the job is aborted.
    * @see OutputFormat#checkOutputSpecs(JobContext)
    */
   @Override
-  public void checkOutputSpecs(JobContext context)
-    throws IOException {
+  public void checkOutputSpecs(JobContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     Configuration hConf = getConf();
     if (hConf == null) {
       hConf = context.getConfiguration();