diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7dc0a0c3f4b..17213042653 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 - Fixed `EuiSearchBar.Query` match_all query string must be `*` ([#1521](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1521))
 - Fixed `EuiSuperDatePicker` crashing with negative relative value ([#1537](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1537))
+- Make TSLint issues be warnings, not errors, when running `src-docs` ([#1537](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1537))
 
 ## [`6.10.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v6.10.0)
 
diff --git a/src-docs/tslint.yaml b/src-docs/tslint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c8f9c1897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-docs/tslint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+extends: ../tslint.yaml
+defaultSeverity: warning
diff --git a/src-docs/webpack.config.js b/src-docs/webpack.config.js
index 58f74afa948..19e5f186ee1 100644
--- a/src-docs/webpack.config.js
+++ b/src-docs/webpack.config.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // run TypeScript and tslint during webpack build
     new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({
       tsconfig: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'tsconfig.json'),
-      tslint: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'tslint.yaml'),
+      tslint: path.resolve(__dirname, 'tslint.yaml'),
       async: false, // makes errors more visible, but potentially less performant
     }),
   ],