diff --git a/content/contributing/collaborating-on-github-docs/using-the-content-linter.md b/content/contributing/collaborating-on-github-docs/using-the-content-linter.md
index 737723e525..b9194efcdc 100644
--- a/content/contributing/collaborating-on-github-docs/using-the-content-linter.md
+++ b/content/contributing/collaborating-on-github-docs/using-the-content-linter.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Some linting rules return warnings or errors based on HTML comments that you can
 
 #### Syntax for expiring and expired content
 
-Rules `GHD038` and `GHD039` check for content that has been manually given an expiration date. Fourteen days before the specified date, the content linter will return a warning that the content is expiring soon. Starting on the specified date, the content linter will return an error and flag the content for remediation.
+Rules `GHD038` and `GHD039` check for content that has been manually given an expiration date. Fourteen days before the specified date, the content linter will return a warning that the content is expiring soon. Starting on the specified date, the content linter will return a warning and flag the content for remediation.
 
 You can add an expiration date to content by wrapping it in HTML tags that contain an expiration date in the format: `<!-- expires yyyy-mm-dd --> <!-- end expires yyyy-mm-dd -->`
 
diff --git a/data/reusables/contributing/content-linter-rules.md b/data/reusables/contributing/content-linter-rules.md
index a37ffc994e..9f74e01215 100644
--- a/data/reusables/contributing/content-linter-rules.md
+++ b/data/reusables/contributing/content-linter-rules.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 | GHD022 | liquid-ifversion-versions | Liquid `ifversion`, `elsif`, and `else` tags should be valid and not contain unsupported versions. | error | liquid, versioning |
 | GHD035 | rai-reusable-usage | RAI articles and reusables can only reference reusable content in the data/reusables/rai directory | error | feature, rai |
 | GHD036 | image-no-gif | Image must not be a gif, styleguide reference: contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/style-guide.md#images | error | images |
-| GHD038 | expired-content | Expired content must be remediated. | error | expired |
+| GHD038 | expired-content | Expired content must be remediated. | warning | expired |
 | GHD039 | expiring-soon | Content that expires soon should be proactively addressed. | warning | expired |
 | [GHD040](https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/src/content-linter/README.md) | table-liquid-versioning | Tables must use the correct liquid versioning format | error | tables |
 | GHD041 | third-party-action-pinning | Code examples that use third-party actions must always pin to a full length commit SHA | error | feature, actions |
diff --git a/src/content-linter/style/github-docs.js b/src/content-linter/style/github-docs.js
index a240cca239..9cf4cf5914 100644
--- a/src/content-linter/style/github-docs.js
+++ b/src/content-linter/style/github-docs.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const githubDocsConfig = {
   },
   'expired-content': {
     // GHD038
-    severity: 'error',
+    severity: 'warning',
     'partial-markdown-files': true,
   },
   'expiring-soon': {