diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f90245a5b18..ce95478c163 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 * [#8146](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/8146): Use UTC in RuboCop todo file generation. ([@mauro-oto][])
 * [#8149](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/8149): Cop `Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity` now counts `&.`, `||=`, `&&=` and blocks known to iterate. Default bumped from 6 to 7. ([@marcandre][])
+* [#8178](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/8178): Mark unsafe for `Lint/RaiseException`. ([@koic][])
 
 ## 0.85.1 (2020-06-07)
 
diff --git a/config/default.yml b/config/default.yml
index 19c9ffa270f..db3aaa211d6 100644
--- a/config/default.yml
+++ b/config/default.yml
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ Lint/RaiseException:
   Description: Checks for `raise` or `fail` statements which are raising `Exception` class.
   StyleGuide: '#raise-exception'
   Enabled: pending
+  Safe: false
   VersionAdded: '0.81'
   AllowedImplicitNamespaces:
     - 'Gem'
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
index fb6601b1781..2276aa32092 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ rather than meant to be part of the resulting symbols.
 | Enabled by default | Safe | Supports autocorrection | VersionAdded | VersionChanged
 
 | Pending
-| Yes
+| No
 | No
 | 0.81
 | -