diff --git a/dlp/src/main/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentifyWithExceptionList.java b/dlp/src/main/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentifyWithExceptionList.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package dlp.snippets;
+
+// [START dlp_deidentify_exception_list]
+
+import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary.WordList;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations.InfoTypeTransformation;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ProjectName;
+import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ReplaceWithInfoTypeConfig;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class DeIdentifyWithExceptionList {
+
+  public static void deIdentifyWithExceptionList() throws IOException {
+    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
+    String projectId = "your-project-id";
+    String textToDeIdentify = "jack@example.org accessed customer record of user5@example.com";
+    deIdentifyWithExceptionList(projectId, textToDeIdentify);
+  }
+
+  public static void deIdentifyWithExceptionList(String projectId, String textToDeIdentify)
+      throws IOException {
+    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
+    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
+    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
+    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
+
+      // Specify what content you want the service to DeIdentify.
+      ContentItem contentItem = ContentItem.newBuilder().setValue(textToDeIdentify).build();
+
+      // Construct the custom word list to be detected.
+      Dictionary wordList =
+          Dictionary.newBuilder()
+              .setWordList(
+                  WordList.newBuilder()
+                      .addWords("jack@example.org")
+                      .addWords("jill@example.org")
+                      .build())
+              .build();
+
+      // Construct the custom dictionary detector associated with the word list.
+      InfoType developerEmail = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("DEVELOPER_EMAIL").build();
+      CustomInfoType customInfoType =
+          CustomInfoType.newBuilder().setInfoType(developerEmail).setDictionary(wordList).build();
+
+      // Specify the word list custom info type and build-in info type the inspection will look for.
+      InfoType emailAddress = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS").build();
+      InspectConfig inspectConfig =
+          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
+              .addInfoTypes(emailAddress)
+              .addCustomInfoTypes(customInfoType)
+              .build();
+
+      // Define type of deidentification as replacement.
+      PrimitiveTransformation primitiveTransformation =
+          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder()
+              .setReplaceWithInfoTypeConfig(ReplaceWithInfoTypeConfig.getDefaultInstance())
+              .build();
+
+      // Associate de-identification type with info type.
+      InfoTypeTransformation transformation =
+          InfoTypeTransformation.newBuilder()
+              .addInfoTypes(emailAddress)
+              .setPrimitiveTransformation(primitiveTransformation)
+              .build();
+
+      // Construct the configuration for the de-id request and list all desired transformations.
+      DeidentifyConfig deidentifyConfig =
+          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder()
+              .setInfoTypeTransformations(
+                  InfoTypeTransformations.newBuilder().addTransformations(transformation))
+              .build();
+
+      // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
+      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
+          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
+              .setParent(ProjectName.of(projectId).toString())
+              .setItem(contentItem)
+              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
+              .setDeidentifyConfig(deidentifyConfig)
+              .build();
+
+      // Send the request and receive response from the service
+      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);
+
+      // Print the results
+      System.out.println(
+          "Text after replace with infotype config: " + response.getItem().getValue());
+    }
+  }
+}
+// [END dlp_deidentify_exception_list]
diff --git a/dlp/src/test/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentificationTests.java b/dlp/src/test/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentificationTests.java
index e8e43b2f78a..76737b84618 100644
--- a/dlp/src/test/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentificationTests.java
+++ b/dlp/src/test/java/dlp/snippets/DeIdentificationTests.java
@@ -127,4 +127,13 @@ public void testDeIdentifyWithSimpleWordList() throws IOException {
     String output = bout.toString();
     assertThat(output, containsString("Text after replace with infotype config: "));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDeIdentifyWithExceptionList() throws IOException {
+    DeIdentifyWithExceptionList.deIdentifyWithExceptionList(
+        PROJECT_ID, "jack@example.org accessed customer record of user5@example.com");
+
+    String output = bout.toString();
+    assertThat(output, containsString("Text after replace with infotype config: "));
+  }
 }