diff --git a/marlowe-playground-client/src/Marlowe/Linter.purs b/marlowe-playground-client/src/Marlowe/Linter.purs
index 6be4f6b74a8..3528c60da9c 100644
--- a/marlowe-playground-client/src/Marlowe/Linter.purs
+++ b/marlowe-playground-client/src/Marlowe/Linter.purs
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ holeToMarker hole@(MarloweHole { name, marloweType, row, column }) m constructor
   , endColumn: column + (length name) + 1
   , endLineNumber: row
   , message: "Found hole of type " <> (dropEnd 4 $ show marloweType)
-  , severity: markerSeverity "Hint"
+  , severity: markerSeverity "Warning"
   , code: ""
   , source: ""
   }