diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
index 4f8a6b948..3e16e390f 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void CheckExceptionSafety::nothrowThrows()
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void CheckExceptionSafety::unhandledExceptionSpecification()
 {
-    if (!_settings->isEnabled("warning"))
+    if (!_settings->isEnabled("style") || !_settings->inconclusive)
         return;
 
     const SymbolDatabase* const symbolDatabase = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
index 12b5345ed..895283207 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ private:
         std::list<const Token*> locationList;
         locationList.push_back(tok1);
         locationList.push_back(tok2);
-        reportError(locationList, Severity::warning, "unhandledExceptionSpecification",
+        reportError(locationList, Severity::style, "unhandledExceptionSpecification",
                     "Unhandled exception specification when calling function " + str1 + "().\n"
                     "Unhandled exception specification when calling function " + str1 + "(). "
-                    "Either use a try/catch around the function call, or add a exception specification for " + funcname + "() also.");
+                    "Either use a try/catch around the function call, or add a exception specification for " + funcname + "() also.", true);
     }
 
     /** Generate all possible errors (for --errorlist) */
diff --git a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
index da419b13c..9a22d4511 100644
--- a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ private:
               "  try {\n"
               "    myThrowingFoo();\n"
               "  } catch(MyException &) {}\n"
-              "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:1]: (warning) Unhandled exception specification when calling function myThrowingFoo().\n", errout.str());
+              "}\n", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:1]: (style, inconclusive) Unhandled exception specification when calling function myThrowingFoo().\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void unhandledExceptionSpecification2() {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ private:
               "int main()\n"
               "{\n"
               "    f();\n"
-              "}\n");
+              "}\n", true);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }