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 1a6811c4..09283100 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
@@ -1115,11 +1115,4 @@ public final class JsonReader implements Closeable {
     snippet.append(buffer, pos, afterPos);
     return snippet;
   }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("serial")
-  private static class JsonSyntaxException extends IOException {
-    private JsonSyntaxException(String s) {
-      super(s);
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonSyntaxException.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonSyntaxException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af3d65f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonSyntaxException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.gson.stream;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when a reader encounters malformed JSON. Some syntax errors can be
+ * ignored by calling {@link JsonReader#setLenient(boolean)}.
+ */
+public final class JsonSyntaxException extends IOException {
+  public JsonSyntaxException(String s) {
+    super(s);
+  }
+}