diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
index f174decf2f..3bf34e2c98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public GHRepository createRepository(String name, String description, String hom
      * You use the returned builder to set various properties, then call {@link GHCreateRepositoryBuilder#create()}
      * to finally createa repository.
      */
-    public GHCreateRepositoryBuilder createRepository(String name) throws IOException {
+    public GHCreateRepositoryBuilder createRepository(String name) {
         return new GHCreateRepositoryBuilder(root,"/orgs/"+login+"/repos",name);
     }