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 ### Note:
 
-If an unannotated exception is thrown, the spring-restful-exception-handler will call `getCause()` until the first annotated exception is found. Provided there is no annotated exception, the default httpStatus and contentType will be used.
+If an unannotated exception is thrown, the spring-restful-exception-handler will call `getCause()` on the exception until the first annotated exception is found. Provided there is no annotated exception, the default httpStatus and contentType will be used.