diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiType.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiType.java
index 581b90434d1e..5ddcb48788fd 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiType.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiType.java
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ public abstract class PsiType implements PsiAnnotationOwner {
     return JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(manager.getProject()).getElementFactory().createTypeByFQClassName(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_CLASS, resolveScope);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated use {@linkplain #getJavaLangThrowable(PsiManager, com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope)} (todo: to remove in IDEA 12)
+   */
+  public static PsiClassType getJavaLangTrowable(PsiManager manager, GlobalSearchScope resolveScope) {
+    return getJavaLangThrowable(manager, resolveScope);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the class type for the java.lang.Throwable class.
    *
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ public abstract class PsiType implements PsiAnnotationOwner {
    * @param resolveScope the scope in which the class is searched.
    * @return the class instance.
    */
-  public static PsiClassType getJavaLangTrowable(PsiManager manager, GlobalSearchScope resolveScope) {
+  public static PsiClassType getJavaLangThrowable(PsiManager manager, GlobalSearchScope resolveScope) {
     return JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(manager.getProject()).getElementFactory().createTypeByFQClassName(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_THROWABLE, resolveScope);
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/expectedTypes/GroovyExpectedTypesProvider.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/expectedTypes/GroovyExpectedTypesProvider.java
index 76bd3b74ef0b..6a2d626c8ecf 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/expectedTypes/GroovyExpectedTypesProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/expectedTypes/GroovyExpectedTypesProvider.java
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ public class GroovyExpectedTypesProvider {
 
     @Override
     public void visitThrowStatement(GrThrowStatement throwStatement) {
-      final PsiClassType trowable = PsiType.getJavaLangTrowable(myExpression.getManager(), throwStatement.getResolveScope());
-      myResult = new TypeConstraint[]{SubtypeConstraint.create(trowable)};
+      final PsiClassType throwable = PsiType.getJavaLangThrowable(myExpression.getManager(), throwStatement.getResolveScope());
+      myResult = new TypeConstraint[]{SubtypeConstraint.create(throwable)};
     }
 
     @Override