diff --git a/system/core/Exceptions.php b/system/core/Exceptions.php
index fc25f57..d8f62c0 100644
--- a/system/core/Exceptions.php
+++ b/system/core/Exceptions.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	public function show_exception(Exception $exception)
+	public function show_exception($exception)
 	{
 		$templates_path = config_item('error_views_path');
 		if (empty($templates_path))
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index b05862f..9335fbf 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 -  Fixed a bug (#4120) - :doc:`Database <database/index>` method ``error()`` didn't return error info when called after ``query()`` with the 'mssql' driver.
 -  Fixed a bug (#4116) - :doc:`Pagination Library <libraries/pagination>` set the wrong page number on the "data-ci-pagination-page" attribute in generated links.
 -  Fixed a bug where :doc:`Pagination Library` added the 'rel="start"' attribute to the first displayed link even if it's not actually linking the first page.
+-  Fixed a bug (#4137) - :doc:`Error Handling <general/errors>` breaks for the new ``Error`` exceptions under PHP 7.
 
 Version 3.0.1
 =============