diff --git a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulator.java b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulator.java
index bf825b104..16c5fb9c9 100644
--- a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulator.java
+++ b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulator.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ private BlockStreamSimulator() {}
      *
      * @param args the arguments to be passed to the block stream simulator
      * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
diff --git a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
index 4e3aab0ef..958d1bd77 100644
--- a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
+++ b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ public BlockStreamSimulatorApp(
         delayBetweenBlockItems = blockStreamConfig.delayBetweenBlockItems();
     }
 
-    /** Starts the block stream simulator. */
+    /**
+     * Starts the block stream simulator.
+     *
+     * @throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted
+     */
     public void start() throws InterruptedException {
         int delayMSBetweenBlockItems = delayBetweenBlockItems / 1_000_000;
         int delayNSBetweenBlockItems = delayBetweenBlockItems % 1_000_000;