diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/exceptions.hh b/dune/stuff/common/exceptions.hh
index 853eca75e1d3cab3ed251a3c494a46366ab82d53..46d1889f8368a6de7c2790c819f7f0011a2dec43 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/exceptions.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/exceptions.hh
@@ -61,11 +61,15 @@ class index_out_of_range : public Dune::Exception
 {
 };
 
-class wrong_input_given : public Dune::Exception
+class you_are_using_this_wrongly : public Dune::Exception
 {
 };
 
-class you_are_using_this_wrongly : public Dune::Exception
+class wrong_input_given : public you_are_using_this_wrongly
+{
+};
+
+class requirements_not_met : public you_are_using_this_wrongly
 {
 };