diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
index e9ca7ce570..079f066cf5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
 
 /**
  * Decodes JSON data.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class JsonDecode implements DecoderInterface
      *
      * @return mixed
      *
-     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
+     * @throws NotEncodableValueException
      *
      * @see http://php.net/json_decode json_decode
      */
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class JsonDecode implements DecoderInterface
         $decodedData = json_decode($data, $associative, $recursionDepth, $options);
 
         if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== $this->lastError = json_last_error()) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(json_last_error_msg());
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException(json_last_error_msg());
         }
 
         return $decodedData;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
index 14cd2c949a..5ed9ae7a25 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
 
 /**
  * Encodes JSON data.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class JsonEncode implements EncoderInterface
         $encodedJson = json_encode($data, $context['json_encode_options']);
 
         if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== $this->lastError = json_last_error()) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(json_last_error_msg());
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException(json_last_error_msg());
         }
 
         return $encodedJson;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
index d2ca3ee9bd..9a7aa31596 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
 
 /**
  * Encodes XML data.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
     public function decode($data, $format, array $context = array())
     {
         if ('' === trim($data)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException('Invalid XML data, it can not be empty.');
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException('Invalid XML data, it can not be empty.');
         }
 
         $internalErrors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
         if ($error = libxml_get_last_error()) {
             libxml_clear_errors();
 
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException($error->message);
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException($error->message);
         }
 
         $rootNode = null;
         foreach ($dom->childNodes as $child) {
             if (XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE === $child->nodeType) {
-                throw new UnexpectedValueException('Document types are not allowed.');
+                throw new NotEncodableValueException('Document types are not allowed.');
             }
             if (!$rootNode && XML_PI_NODE !== $child->nodeType) {
                 $rootNode = $child;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
      *
      * @return bool
      *
-     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
+     * @throws NotEncodableValueException
      */
     private function buildXml(\DOMNode $parentNode, $data, $xmlRootNodeName = null)
     {
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
             return $this->appendNode($parentNode, $data, 'data');
         }
 
-        throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('An unexpected value could not be serialized: %s', var_export($data, true)));
+        throw new NotEncodableValueException(sprintf('An unexpected value could not be serialized: %s', var_export($data, true)));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
      *
      * @return bool
      *
-     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
+     * @throws NotEncodableValueException
      */
     private function selectNodeType(\DOMNode $node, $val)
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotEncodableValueException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotEncodableValueException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1709fb1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotEncodableValueException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Flothmann <christian.flothmann@sensiolabs.de>
+ */
+class NotEncodableValueException extends UnexpectedValueException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotNormalizableValueException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotNormalizableValueException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58adf72cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/NotNormalizableValueException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Flothmann <christian.flothmann@sensiolabs.de>
+ */
+class NotNormalizableValueException extends UnexpectedValueException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index 93e85c6fe6..93e5f9bc5e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\ExtraAttributesException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyTypeExtractorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Type;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\AttributeMetadataInterface;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
             try {
                 $this->setAttributeValue($object, $attribute, $value, $format, $context);
             } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
-                throw new UnexpectedValueException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
+                throw new NotNormalizableValueException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
             }
         }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
      *
      * @return mixed
      *
-     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
+     * @throws NotNormalizableValueException
      * @throws LogicException
      */
     private function validateAndDenormalize($currentClass, $attribute, $data, $format, array $context)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
             return $data;
         }
 
-        throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('The type of the "%s" attribute for class "%s" must be one of "%s" ("%s" given).', $attribute, $currentClass, implode('", "', array_keys($expectedTypes)), gettype($data)));
+        throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('The type of the "%s" attribute for class "%s" must be one of "%s" ("%s" given).', $attribute, $currentClass, implode('", "', array_keys($expectedTypes)), gettype($data)));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ArrayDenormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ArrayDenormalizer.php
index 14b23d01a0..60ba68be25 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ArrayDenormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ArrayDenormalizer.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\BadMethodCallException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class ArrayDenormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface, SerializerAwareInterfa
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @throws NotNormalizableValueException
      */
     public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array())
     {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ class ArrayDenormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface, SerializerAwareInterfa
         $builtinType = isset($context['key_type']) ? $context['key_type']->getBuiltinType() : null;
         foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
             if (null !== $builtinType && !call_user_func('is_'.$builtinType, $key)) {
-                throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('The type of the key "%s" must be "%s" ("%s" given).', $key, $builtinType, gettype($key)));
+                throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('The type of the key "%s" must be "%s" ("%s" given).', $key, $builtinType, gettype($key)));
             }
 
             $data[$key] = $serializer->denormalize($value, $class, $format, $context);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
index 66a9ed6bd8..995bdf1441 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\File;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\MimeType\MimeTypeGuesser;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\MimeType\MimeTypeGuesserInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 
 /**
  * Normalizes an {@see \SplFileInfo} object to a data URI.
@@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ class DataUriNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
      * Regex adapted from Brian Grinstead code.
      *
      * @see https://gist.github.com/bgrins/6194623
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws NotNormalizableValueException
      */
     public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array())
     {
         if (!preg_match('/^data:([a-z0-9][a-z0-9\!\#\$\&\-\^\_\+\.]{0,126}\/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\!\#\$\&\-\^\_\+\.]{0,126}(;[a-z0-9\-]+\=[a-z0-9\-]+)?)?(;base64)?,[a-z0-9\!\$\&\\\'\,\(\)\*\+\,\;\=\-\.\_\~\:\@\/\?\%\s]*\s*$/i', $data)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException('The provided "data:" URI is not valid.');
+            throw new NotNormalizableValueException('The provided "data:" URI is not valid.');
         }
 
         try {
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ class DataUriNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
                     return new \SplFileObject($data);
             }
         } catch (\RuntimeException $exception) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException($exception->getMessage(), $exception->getCode(), $exception);
+            throw new NotNormalizableValueException($exception->getMessage(), $exception->getCode(), $exception);
         }
 
         throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The class parameter "%s" is not supported. It must be one of "SplFileInfo", "SplFileObject" or "Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\File".', $class));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
index 26fd9c6201..fcc593b96a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 
 /**
  * Normalizes an object implementing the {@see \DateTimeInterface} to a date string.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DateTimeNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      *
-     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
+     * @throws NotNormalizableValueException
      */
     public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array())
     {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class DateTimeNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
 
             $dateTimeErrors = \DateTime::class === $class ? \DateTime::getLastErrors() : \DateTimeImmutable::getLastErrors();
 
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf(
+            throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf(
                 'Parsing datetime string "%s" using format "%s" resulted in %d errors:'."\n".'%s',
                 $data,
                 $dateTimeFormat,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class DateTimeNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
         try {
             return \DateTime::class === $class ? new \DateTime($data, $timezone) : new \DateTimeImmutable($data, $timezone);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
+            throw new NotNormalizableValueException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
index 4c5cec1653..9bcd44b433 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\ChainDecoder;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\ChainEncoder;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\DecoderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Serializer serializes and deserializes data.
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, NormalizerInterface, Denormaliz
     final public function serialize($data, $format, array $context = array())
     {
         if (!$this->supportsEncoding($format)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Serialization for the format %s is not supported', $format));
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException(sprintf('Serialization for the format %s is not supported', $format));
         }
 
         if ($this->encoder->needsNormalization($format)) {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, NormalizerInterface, Denormaliz
     final public function deserialize($data, $type, $format, array $context = array())
     {
         if (!$this->supportsDecoding($format)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Deserialization for the format %s is not supported', $format));
+            throw new NotEncodableValueException(sprintf('Deserialization for the format %s is not supported', $format));
         }
 
         $data = $this->decode($data, $format, $context);
@@ -160,14 +161,16 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, NormalizerInterface, Denormaliz
                 throw new LogicException('You must register at least one normalizer to be able to normalize objects.');
             }
 
-            throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Could not normalize object of type %s, no supporting normalizer found.', get_class($data)));
+            throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('Could not normalize object of type %s, no supporting normalizer found.', get_class($data)));
         }
 
-        throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('An unexpected value could not be normalized: %s', var_export($data, true)));
+        throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('An unexpected value could not be normalized: %s', var_export($data, true)));
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @throws NotNormalizableValueException
      */
     public function denormalize($data, $type, $format = null, array $context = array())
     {
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, NormalizerInterface, Denormaliz
             return $normalizer->denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
         }
 
-        throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Could not denormalize object of type %s, no supporting normalizer found.', $type));
+        throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('Could not denormalize object of type %s, no supporting normalizer found.', $type));
     }
 
     /**