diff --git a/lib/deprecatedlib.php b/lib/deprecatedlib.php
index dc31ce5e2c2..fc8347ddc4d 100644
--- a/lib/deprecatedlib.php
+++ b/lib/deprecatedlib.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function get_file_url($path, $options=null, $type='coursefile') {
  * @deprecated removed - use new file api
  */
 function print_file_upload_error($filearray = '', $returnerror = false) {
-    throw new coding_error('print_file_upload_error() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
+    throw new coding_exception('print_file_upload_error() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function print_file_upload_error($filearray = '', $returnerror = false) {
  */
 
 function resolve_filename_collisions($destination,$files,$format='%s_%d.%s') {
-    throw new coding_error('resolve_filename_collisions() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
+    throw new coding_exception('resolve_filename_collisions() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function resolve_filename_collisions($destination,$files,$format='%s_%d.%s') {
  * @deprecated removed - use new file api
  */
 function check_potential_filename($destination,$filename,$files) {
-    throw new coding_error('check_potential_filename() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
+    throw new coding_exception('check_potential_filename() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function check_potential_filename($destination,$filename,$files) {
  * @deprecated removed - use new file api
  */
 function upload_print_form_fragment($numfiles=1, $names=null, $descriptions=null, $uselabels=false, $labelnames=null, $coursebytes=0, $modbytes=0, $return=false) {
-    throw new coding_error('upload_print_form_fragment() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
+    throw new coding_exception('upload_print_form_fragment() can not be used any more, please use new file API');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/form/format.php b/lib/form/format.php
index fb67fd99d2d..011b97524ed 100644
--- a/lib/form/format.php
+++ b/lib/form/format.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_format extends MoodleQuickForm_select{
      */
     function MoodleQuickForm_format($elementName=null, $elementLabel=null, $attributes=null, $useHtmlEditor=null)
     {
-        throw new coding_error('MFORMS: Coding error, text formats are handled only by new editor element.');
+        throw new coding_exception('MFORMS: Coding error, text formats are handled only by new editor element.');
     } //end constructor
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/weblib.php b/lib/weblib.php
index b9b20eb0fab..d66c97430fc 100644
--- a/lib/weblib.php
+++ b/lib/weblib.php
@@ -461,13 +461,13 @@ class moodle_url {
         $params = $this->params;
         foreach ($overrideparams as $key=>$value) {
             if (is_int($key)) {
-                throw new coding_error('Overriden parameters can not have numeric keys!');
+                throw new coding_exception('Overridden parameters can not have numeric keys!');
             }
             if (is_array($value)) {
-                throw new coding_error('Overriden parameters values can not be arrays!');
+                throw new coding_exception('Overridden parameters values can not be arrays!');
             }
             if (is_object($value) and !method_exists($value, '__toString')) {
-                throw new coding_error('Overriden parameters values can not be objects, unless __toString() is defined!');
+                throw new coding_exception('Overridden parameters values can not be objects, unless __toString() is defined!');
             }
             $params[$key] = (string)$value;
         }