diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
index 50fcb89aca..aaab792579 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ const scoringThresholdNotEnough = (results: IRuleResult[], scoringConfig: Scorin
       getScoringLevel(
         getCountsBySeverity(groupedUniqueResults),
         scoringConfig.scoringSubtract,
-        scoringConfig.warningsSubtract,
+        scoringConfig.onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel,
       )
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/scoring-config.json b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/scoring-config.json
index 9ce0e27a48..4d6abc0b33 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/scoring-config.json
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/scoring-config.json
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/output.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/output.test.ts
index 50ebba3817..88d38eeafe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/output.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/output.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const scoringConfig = {
     E: 0,
   } as unknown as ScoringLevel[],
   threshold: 50,
-  warningsSubtract: true,
+  onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel: true,
   uniqueErrors: false,
 };
 
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-format-scoring-json.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-format-scoring-json.scenario
index e6eb4aa700..56a9b97c27 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-format-scoring-json.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-format-scoring-json.scenario
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ info:
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-scoring.scenario
index c5c19519d3..4757b259ca 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-default-scoring.scenario
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ info:
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-format-stylish-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-format-stylish-scoring.scenario
index a489464695..93f99854ee 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-format-stylish-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/formats/results-format-stylish-scoring.scenario
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ paths: {}
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/overrides/aliases-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/overrides/aliases-scoring.scenario
index 8cc493ef2a..12b9d40619 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/overrides/aliases-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/overrides/aliases-scoring.scenario
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = {
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====asset:v2/document.json====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-no-error-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-no-error-scoring.scenario
index 41fbd4a9e3..66dfb2b872 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-no-error-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-no-error-scoring.scenario
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Will only fail if there is an error, and there is not. Can still see all warning
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-scoring.scenario
index 3996bbe773..b30c9b5e5f 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/severity/fail-on-error-scoring.scenario
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Will fail and return 1 as exit code because errors exist with scoring data
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command-nix====
diff --git a/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2-scoring.scenario b/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2-scoring.scenario
index 2d13af4945..50c16f90b6 100644
--- a/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2-scoring.scenario
+++ b/test-harness/scenarios/valid-no-errors.oas2-scoring.scenario
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = oas;
       "E": 0
     },
   "threshold": 50,
-  "warningsSubtract": true,
+  "onlySubtractHigherSeverityLevel": true,
   "uniqueErrors": false
 }
 ====command====