diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/DumpException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/DumpException.php
index 53952ce1ad..9b3e6de079 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/DumpException.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/DumpException.php
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception;
  *
  * @api
  */
-class DumpException extends \RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface
+class DumpException extends RuntimeException
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ParseException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ParseException.php
index 975fe6d46e..a27a005e6f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ParseException.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ParseException.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception;
  *
  * @api
  */
-class ParseException extends \RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface
+class ParseException extends RuntimeException
 {
     private $parsedFile;
     private $parsedLine;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/RuntimeException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/RuntimeException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3573bf15ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/RuntimeException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Exception class thrown when an error occurs during parsing.
+ *
+ * @author Romain Neutron <imprec@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @api
+ */
+class RuntimeException extends \RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Unescaper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Unescaper.php
index ac3a576b67..708f2a18f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Unescaper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Unescaper.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Unescaper
      *
      * @return string The string with the new encoding
      *
-     * @throws \RuntimeException if no suitable encoding function is found (iconv or mbstring)
+     * @throws RuntimeException if no suitable encoding function is found (iconv or mbstring)
      */
     private function convertEncoding($value, $to, $from)
     {
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@ class Unescaper
             return iconv($from, $to, $value);
         }
 
-        throw new \RuntimeException('No suitable convert encoding function (install the iconv or mbstring extension).');
+        throw new RuntimeException('No suitable convert encoding function (install the iconv or mbstring extension).');
     }
 }