diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/custom-ref-resolver.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/custom-ref-resolver.scenario
index 5b4393200..e3501cebc 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/custom-ref-resolver.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/custom-ref-resolver.scenario
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ rules:
 ====command====
 {bin} lint {document} --ruleset {asset:ruleset} --resolver ./resolvers/custom.js --ignore-unknown-format
 ====stdout====
-No results with a severity of 'warn' or higher found!
+No results with a severity of 'error' or higher found!
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/help-no-document.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/help-no-document.scenario
index 6d6ac3359..cde7525d0 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/help-no-document.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/help-no-document.scenario
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Options:
   --resolver                   path to custom json-ref-resolver instance  [string]
   --ruleset, -r                path/URL to a ruleset file  [string]
   --skip-rule, -s              ignore certain rules if they are causing trouble  [string]
-  --fail-severity, -F          results of this level or above will trigger a failure exit code  [string] [choices: "error", "warn", "info", "hint"] [default: "warn"]
+  --fail-severity, -F          results of this level or above will trigger a failure exit code  [string] [choices: "error", "warn", "info", "hint"] [default: "error"]
   --display-only-failures, -D  only output results equal to or greater than --fail-severity  [boolean] [default: false]
   --ignore-unknown-format      do not warn about unmatched formats  [boolean] [default: false]
   --verbose, -v                increase verbosity  [boolean]
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/ignored-unrecognized-format.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/ignored-unrecognized-format.scenario
index e0f4bd6c2..a93011d21 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/ignored-unrecognized-format.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/ignored-unrecognized-format.scenario
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ info: {}
 ====command====
 {bin} lint {document} --ignore-unknown-format
 ====stdout====
-No results with a severity of 'warn' or higher found!
+No results with a severity of 'error' or higher found!
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/parameter-description-links.oas3.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/parameter-description-links.oas3.scenario
index b5c3e7fe5..b5dc956c7 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/parameter-description-links.oas3.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/parameter-description-links.oas3.scenario
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ components:
 {bin} lint --ruleset ./rulesets/parameter-description.oas3.yaml {document}
 ====stdout====
 OpenAPI 3.x detected
-No results with a severity of 'warn' or higher found!
+No results with a severity of 'error' or higher found!
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2.scenario
index 0a35fd214..f710a6ce9 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2.scenario
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ tags:
 {bin} lint {document}
 ====stdout====
 OpenAPI 2.0 (Swagger) detected
-No results with a severity of 'warn' or higher found!
+No results with a severity of 'error' or higher found!