diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
index 3c1a9ce9..9998d81f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ See [Airbnb's overarching ESLint config](https://npmjs.com/eslint-config-airbnb)
 
 ### eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace
 
-This entry point only warns on whitespace rules and sets all other rules to warnings. View the list of whitespace rules [here](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/blob/master/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js).
+This entry point only errors on whitespace rules and sets all other rules to warnings. View the list of whitespace rules [here](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/blob/master/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js).
 
 ## Improving this config
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
index f6796829..a03c378f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ If you use yarn, run `npm info "eslint-config-airbnb@latest" peerDependencies` t
 
 ### eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace
 
-This entry point only warns on whitespace rules and sets all other rules to warnings. View the list of whitespace rules [here](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/blob/master/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js).
+This entry point only errors on whitespace rules and sets all other rules to warnings. View the list of whitespace rules [here](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/blob/master/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js).
 
 ### eslint-config-airbnb/base