diff --git a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCAccess.java b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCAccess.java
index 79d01152f3..f77bb64f2a 100644
--- a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCAccess.java
+++ b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCAccess.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 import javax.naming.NamingException;
 
+import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.FatalError;
+
 /**
  * Do not return a connection which participates within the
  * transaction 2-phase commit protocol! All connections will have
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ public interface JDBCAccess
      * connections is used, this method may be called up to maxpoolsize
      * times.  It <EM>must<EM> not return the same connection each time.
      * @throws NamingException 
+     * @throws {@link FatalError} In case the configured store cannot be connected to
      */
 
     public Connection getConnection () throws SQLException;
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ public interface JDBCAccess
     /**
      * This method can be used to pass additional information to the
      * implementation.
+     * @throws {@link FatalError} In case the configured store cannot be connected to
      */
 
     public void initialise (StringTokenizer stringTokenizer);
diff --git a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCImple_driver.java b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCImple_driver.java
index 86cf4ade99..27c7926266 100644
--- a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCImple_driver.java
+++ b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCImple_driver.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.ObjectStoreEnvironmentBean;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.Uid;
+import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.FatalError;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.ObjectStoreException;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.logging.tsLogger;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StateStatus;
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@ public boolean write_state(Uid objUid, String typeName,
 	 * Set up the store for use.
 	 * 
 	 * @throws NamingException
+     * @throws {@link FatalError} In case the configured store cannot be connected to
 	 */
 	public void initialise(final JDBCAccess jdbcAccess, String tableName,
 			ObjectStoreEnvironmentBean jdbcStoreEnvironmentBean)
diff --git a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCStore.java b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCStore.java
index 4bb1f0960a..7c27e26cf3 100644
--- a/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCStore.java
+++ b/ArjunaCore/arjuna/classes/com/arjuna/ats/internal/arjuna/objectstore/jdbc/JDBCStore.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.ObjectStoreEnvironmentBean;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.Uid;
+import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.FatalError;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.ObjectStoreException;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.logging.tsLogger;
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.ObjectStoreAPI;
@@ -192,6 +193,13 @@ public synchronized void unpackFrom(InputBuffer buff) throws IOException {
 		this.tableName = buff.unpackString();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new JDBCStore
+	 * 
+	 * @param jdbcStoreEnvironmentBean The environment bean containing the configuration
+	 * @throws ObjectStoreException In case the store environment bean was not correctly configured
+     * @throws {@link FatalError} In case the configured store cannot be connected to
+	 */
 	public JDBCStore(ObjectStoreEnvironmentBean jdbcStoreEnvironmentBean)
 			throws ObjectStoreException {
 		this.jdbcStoreEnvironmentBean = jdbcStoreEnvironmentBean;