diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema/JsonSchema4.cs b/src/NJsonSchema/JsonSchema4.cs
index e9a230b91..bb9576bce 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema/JsonSchema4.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema/JsonSchema4.cs
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ public bool InheritsSchema(JsonSchema4 parentSchema)
 
         /// <summary>Validates the given JSON data against this schema.</summary>
         /// <param name="jsonData">The JSON data to validate. </param>
+        /// <exception cref="JsonReaderException">Could not deserialize the JSON data.</exception>
         /// <returns>The collection of validation errors. </returns>
         public ICollection<ValidationError> Validate(string jsonData)
         {
diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema/Validation/JsonSchemaValidator.cs b/src/NJsonSchema/Validation/JsonSchemaValidator.cs
index 8685eef01..fef54ee29 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema/Validation/JsonSchemaValidator.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema/Validation/JsonSchemaValidator.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace NJsonSchema.Validation
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public class JsonSchemaValidator
         /// <summary>Validates the given JSON data.</summary>
         /// <param name="jsonData">The json data.</param>
         /// <param name="schema">The schema.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="JsonReaderException">Could not deserialize the JSON data.</exception>
         /// <returns>The list of validation errors.</returns>
         public ICollection<ValidationError> Validate(string jsonData, JsonSchema4 schema)
         {