diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
index 559ab2db..99535379 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
    * been read. This supports both unicode escapes "u000A" and two-character
    * escapes "\n".
    *
-   * @throws NumberFormatException if any unicode escape sequences are
+   * @throws MalformedJsonException if any unicode escape sequences are
    *     malformed.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("fallthrough")
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
         } else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') {
           result += (c - 'A' + 10);
         } else {
-          throw new NumberFormatException("\\u" + new String(buffer, pos, 4));
+          throw new MalformedJsonException("\\u" + new String(buffer, pos, 4));
         }
       }
       pos += 4;
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReaderTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReaderTest.java
index 8ebe20b5..c3940eff 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReaderTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReaderTest.java
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public final class JsonReaderTest {
     try {
       reader.nextString();
       fail();
-    } catch (NumberFormatException expected) {
+    } catch (MalformedJsonException expected) {
     }
   }