diff --git a/codestyle.xml b/codestyle.xml
index e8cd9d82de24f5f0053519da0e7aef771b8bba9a..a475147840130126567f66fae82e4d64e2557dad 100644
--- a/codestyle.xml
+++ b/codestyle.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
         <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
 	<module name="MissingJavadocMethodCheck">