diff --git a/doc/container.qbk b/doc/container.qbk
index 5aef266..60db13b 100644
--- a/doc/container.qbk
+++ b/doc/container.qbk
@@ -1344,6 +1344,7 @@ use [*Boost.Container]? There are several reasons for that:
    * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/150    GitHub #150: ['"Use std::contiguous_iterator_tag if available"]].
    * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/180    GitHub #180: ['"polymorphic_allocator's copy special member functions are not noexcept"]].
    * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/184    GitHub #184: ['"Issues with custom exceptions implementation"]].
+   * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/185    GitHub #185: ['"Including headers adds exports"]].
 
 [endsect]
 
diff --git a/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp b/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
index ebb8926..84d26dd 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ typedef std::runtime_error runtime_error_t;
 namespace boost {
 namespace container {
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT exception
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE exception
    : public ::std::exception
 {
    typedef ::std::exception std_exception_t;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT exception
    const char *m_msg;
 };
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT bad_alloc
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE bad_alloc
    : public exception
 {
    public:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT bad_alloc
 
 typedef bad_alloc bad_alloc_t;
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT out_of_range
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE out_of_range
    : public exception
 {
    public:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT out_of_range
 
 typedef out_of_range out_of_range_t;
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT length_error
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE length_error
    : public exception
 {
    public:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT length_error
 
 typedef out_of_range length_error_t;
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT logic_error
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE logic_error
    : public exception
 {
    public:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT logic_error
 
 typedef logic_error logic_error_t;
 
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT runtime_error
+class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE runtime_error
    : public exception
 {
    public: