diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index 3c0770799..2814ab21c 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -186,9 +186,13 @@
     <exclude name="UseStringBufferForStringAppends"/>
   </rule>
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml">
+    <!-- till #959 -->
     <exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
+    <!-- till #960 -->
     <exclude name="AvoidThrowingNullPointerException"/>
+    <!-- till #961 -->
     <exclude name="AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes"/>
+    <!-- till #962 -->
     <exclude name="ExceptionAsFlowControl"/>
   </rule>
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/AvoidCatchingThrowable">