diff --git a/conf/config.neon b/conf/config.neon
index e5082b1ce4..08a5c8c099 100644
--- a/conf/config.neon
+++ b/conf/config.neon
@@ -879,6 +879,8 @@ services:
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Rules\Exceptions\TooWideThrowTypeCheck
+		arguments:
+			implicitThrows: %exceptions.implicitThrows%
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Rules\FunctionCallParametersCheck
diff --git a/src/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideThrowTypeCheck.php b/src/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideThrowTypeCheck.php
index 830d0f9a62..5c5e33c803 100644
--- a/src/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideThrowTypeCheck.php
+++ b/src/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideThrowTypeCheck.php
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 final class TooWideThrowTypeCheck
 {
 
+	public function __construct(private bool $implicitThrows)
+	{
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param ThrowPoint[] $throwPoints
 	 * @return string[]
@@ -23,8 +27,8 @@ public function check(Type $throwType, array $throwPoints): array
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		$throwPointType = TypeCombinator::union(...array_map(static function (ThrowPoint $throwPoint): Type {
-			if (!$throwPoint->isExplicit()) {
+		$throwPointType = TypeCombinator::union(...array_map(function (ThrowPoint $throwPoint): Type {
+			if (!$this->implicitThrows && !$throwPoint->isExplicit()) {
 				return new NeverType();
 			}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRuleTest.php
index 82871e6145..affb0fc679 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRuleTest.php
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 class TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRuleTest extends RuleTestCase
 {
 
+	private bool $implicitThrows = true;
+
 	protected function getRule(): Rule
 	{
-		return new TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRule(new TooWideThrowTypeCheck());
+		return new TooWideFunctionThrowTypeRule(new TooWideThrowTypeCheck($this->implicitThrows));
 	}
 
 	public function testRule(): void
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideMethodThrowTypeRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideMethodThrowTypeRuleTest.php
index 5a32351986..1ebd091d9d 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideMethodThrowTypeRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/TooWideMethodThrowTypeRuleTest.php
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 class TooWideMethodThrowTypeRuleTest extends RuleTestCase
 {
 
+	private bool $implicitThrows = true;
+
 	protected function getRule(): Rule
 	{
-		return new TooWideMethodThrowTypeRule(self::getContainer()->getByType(FileTypeMapper::class), new TooWideThrowTypeCheck());
+		return new TooWideMethodThrowTypeRule(self::getContainer()->getByType(FileTypeMapper::class), new TooWideThrowTypeCheck($this->implicitThrows));
 	}
 
 	public function testRule(): void
@@ -72,4 +74,31 @@ public function testFirstClassCallable(): void
 		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/immediately-called-fcc.php'], []);
 	}
 
+	public static function dataRuleLookOnlyForExplicitThrowPoints(): iterable
+	{
+		yield [
+			true,
+			[],
+		];
+		yield [
+			false,
+			[
+				[
+					'Method TooWideThrowsExplicit\Foo::doFoo() has Exception in PHPDoc @throws tag but it\'s not thrown.',
+					11,
+				],
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataRuleLookOnlyForExplicitThrowPoints
+	 * @param list<array{0: string, 1: int, 2?: string|null}> $errors
+	 */
+	public function testRuleLookOnlyForExplicitThrowPoints(bool $implicitThrows, array $errors): void
+	{
+		$this->implicitThrows = $implicitThrows;
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/too-wide-throws-explicit.php'], $errors);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/data/too-wide-throws-explicit.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/data/too-wide-throws-explicit.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..834df2b1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Exceptions/data/too-wide-throws-explicit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace TooWideThrowsExplicit;
+
+class Foo
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function doFoo(): void
+	{
+		$a = 1 + 1;
+		$this->doBar();
+	}
+
+	public function doBar(): void
+	{
+
+	}
+
+}