diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 182a5677..cb3b4105 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ script:
     # @link https://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/
     # Uses a custom ruleset based on WordPress. This ruleset is automatically
     # picked up by PHPCS as it's named `phpcs.xml(.dist)`.
-    - if [[ "$SNIFF" == "1" ]]; then $PHPCS_DIR/bin/phpcs; fi
+    - if [[ "$SNIFF" == "1" ]]; then $PHPCS_DIR/bin/phpcs --runtime-set ignore_warnings_on_exit 1; fi
 
 # Receive notifications for build results.
 # @link https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/notifications/#Email-notifications
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index c8e95d43..69e0c59f 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 	<!-- Pass some flags to PHPCS:
 		 p flag: Show progress of the run.
 		 s flag: Show sniff codes in all reports.
-		 v flag: Print verbose output.
-		 n flag: Do not print warnings.
 	-->
-	<arg value="psvn"/>
+	<arg value="ps"/>
 
 	<!-- Only check the PHP, CSS and SCSS files. JS files are checked separately with JSCS and JSHint. -->
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php,css,scss/css"/>