diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index 4e330706ad..11305f22e5 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ warn_list:
 # Offline mode disables installation of requirements.yml
 offline: false
 
+# Return success if number of violations compared with previous git
+# commit has not increased. This feature works only in git
+# repositories.
+progressive: false
+
 # Define required Ansible's variables to satisfy syntax check
 extra_vars:
   foo: bar
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
index f270cecae3..1a37a6b3bd 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ def get_cli_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         dest="progressive",
         default=False,
         action="store_true",
-        help="Return success if it detects a reduction in number"
-        " of violations compared with previous git commit. This "
-        "feature works only in git repositories.",
+        help="Return success if number of violations compared with"
+        "previous git commit has not increased. This feature works"
+        "only in git repositories.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--project-dir",
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
index 5a91a95798..c007519438 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
       "title": "Offline",
       "type": "boolean"
     },
+    "progressive": {
+      "default": false,
+      "title": "Progressive",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
     "parseable": {
       "default": true,
       "title": "Parseable",