diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AuditEvent.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AuditEvent.java
index 3de2dea03..2e43c7467 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AuditEvent.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AuditEvent.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public final class AuditEvent
     public SeverityLevel getSeverityLevel()
     {
         return (mMessage == null)
-            ? SeverityLevel.WARNING
+            ? SeverityLevel.INFO
             : mMessage.getSeverityLevel();
     }