diff --git a/docs/sphinx_rsts/intro/exceptions_in_openfhe.rst b/docs/sphinx_rsts/intro/exceptions_in_openfhe.rst
index cdc93738f..7eb08205a 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx_rsts/intro/exceptions_in_openfhe.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx_rsts/intro/exceptions_in_openfhe.rst
@@ -1,45 +1,15 @@
 Throwing Exceptions in OpenFHE
 ===============================
 
-The OpenFHE library will throw a openfhe_error exception in the event of certain unrecoverable errors. A openfhe_error is a subclass of ``std::exception``. The library *actually* throws an exception which is a subclass of openfhe_error.
+The OpenFHE library will throw an OpenFHEException exception in the event of an unrecoverable error. A openfhe_error is a subclass of ``std::exception``.
 
 
-Programmers use the OPENFHE_THROW macro in exception.h to generate an exception. Each exception includes the filename and line number at which the exception was thrown as well as a programmer-defined message.
+Programmers use the OPENFHE_THROW macro in exception.h to generate an exception. Each exception includes the filename, the function name and line number at which the exception was thrown as well as a programmer-defined message.
 
 
-Exceptions and the methods associated with them are defined in ``src/core/include/utils/exception.h``.
+OpenFHEException is defined in ``src/core/include/utils/exception.h``.
 
 
-Available Exceptions
------------------------
-
-The available exceptions are as follows
-
-config_error
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This exception is thrown whenever the user of the library supplies configuration parameters that cannot be used to configure OpenFHE. An example of this would be providing a ciphertext modulus that is not a prime number, or providing a plaintext modulus that cannot be used with a particular encoding type.
-
-math_error
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This exception is thrown whenever a math error occurs during the operation of the library. An example of this would be an overflow.
-
-serialization_error
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This exception is thrown whenever a fatal serialization error occurs. For example, if a required field is missing, this exception is thrown.
-
-not_implemented_error
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This exception is thrown if a method is unimplemented. An example of this is a circumstance where a default implementation is provided in a base class, but an overridden exception is not provided in the derived class.
-
-not_available_error
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This exception is thrown if a method is not available for a given configuration. For example, an arbitrary cyclotomics method is not available for a power-of-2 configuration.
-
 Exceptions in critical regions and OMP threads
 -----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/core/include/utils/exception.h b/src/core/include/utils/exception.h
index 3517d81ac..2455a47b2 100644
--- a/src/core/include/utils/exception.h
+++ b/src/core/include/utils/exception.h
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ class ThreadException {
 //   });
 // }
 // e.Rethrow();
-class openfhe_error : public std::runtime_error {
+
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+openfhe_error : public std::runtime_error {
     std::string filename;
     int linenum;
     std::string message;
@@ -123,40 +125,47 @@ class openfhe_error : public std::runtime_error {
     }
 };
 
-class config_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+config_error : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     config_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
-class math_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now."))) math_error
+    : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     math_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
-class not_implemented_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+not_implemented_error : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     not_implemented_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what)
         : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
-class not_available_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+not_available_error : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     not_available_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
-class type_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now."))) type_error
+    : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     type_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
 // use this error when serializing openfhe objects
-class serialize_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+serialize_error : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     serialize_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
 
 // use this error when deserializing openfhe objects
-class deserialize_error : public openfhe_error {
+class __attribute__((deprecated("OpenFHEException is the only exception class to be used in OpenFHE now.")))
+deserialize_error : public openfhe_error {
 public:
     deserialize_error(const std::string& file, int line, const std::string& what) : openfhe_error(file, line, what) {}
 };
diff --git a/src/pke/include/schemebase/base-fhe.h b/src/pke/include/schemebase/base-fhe.h
index 761620bc1..252f71945 100644
--- a/src/pke/include/schemebase/base-fhe.h
+++ b/src/pke/include/schemebase/base-fhe.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class FHEBase {
    */
     virtual void EvalCompareSwitchPrecompute(const CryptoContextImpl<Element>& ccCKKS, uint32_t pLWE, double scaleSign,
                                              bool unit) {
-        OPENFHE_THROW(not_implemented_error, "EvalCompareSwitchPrecompute is not supported for this scheme");
+        OPENFHE_THROW("EvalCompareSwitchPrecompute is not supported for this scheme");
     }
 
     /**