diff --git a/src/error.c b/src/error.c
index 424969c6b2eb40fc1f048da08340efb20002a2d2..e13f9560bd26e9d0d331c8ac56d5c77012a27fde 100644
--- a/src/error.c
+++ b/src/error.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "module_support.h"
 #include "threads.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: error.c,v 1.38 1999/10/06 15:25:46 grubba Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: error.c,v 1.39 1999/10/06 15:30:05 grubba Exp $");
 
 #undef ATTRIBUTE
 #define ATTRIBUTE(X)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct svalue throw_value = { T_INT };
 int throw_severity;
 static const char *in_error;
 
-void low_error(char *buf)
+void low_error(char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn))
 {
   push_error(buf);
   free_svalue(& throw_value);
diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 89c29fd0a4da37c081b67cf16e3980d6c0f18fae..7d5630191c8448de6ad5bfe872816177fc184c86 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \*/
 
 /*
- * $Id: error.h,v 1.37 1999/08/06 14:31:16 grubba Exp $
+ * $Id: error.h,v 1.38 1999/10/06 15:29:49 grubba Exp $
  */
 #ifndef ERROR_H
 #define ERROR_H
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void check_recovery_context(void);
 JMP_BUF *init_recovery(JMP_BUF *r DEBUG_LINE_ARGS);
 void pike_throw(void) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 void push_error(char *description);
-void low_error(char *buf);
+void low_error(char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 void va_error(const char *fmt, va_list args) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 void new_error(const char *name, const char *text, struct svalue *oldsp,
 	       INT32 args, const char *file, int line) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));