diff --git a/api-testcases/test-throw.c b/api-testcases/test-throw.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..195497c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-testcases/test-throw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*===
+rc=1 -> throw me
+===*/
+
+int test_1(duk_context *ctx) {
+	duk_push_string(ctx, "throw me");
+	duk_throw(ctx);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void test(duk_context *ctx) {
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = duk_safe_call(ctx, test_1, 0, 1, DUK_INVALID_INDEX);
+	printf("rc=%d -> %s\n", rc, duk_get_string(ctx, -1));
+}
+
diff --git a/website/api/duk_throw.txt b/website/api/duk_throw.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25c76a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/api/duk_throw.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+=proto
+void duk_throw(duk_context *ctx);
+
+=stack
+[ ... val! ]
+
+=summary
+<p>Throw the value on top of the stack.  This call never returns.</p>
+
+=example
+/* Throw a string value; equivalent to the Ecmascript code:
+ *
+ *   throw "this string is thrown";
+ */
+
+duk_push_string(ctx, "this string is thrown");
+duk_throw(ctx);