diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index a268057066828117702a979f47bf57e313c84436..c60862782f207c6b48f170f0fef7db42edaed371 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ didn't include with OS X.
 
     If `--force` is passed, remove a previously cached version and re-fetch.
 
-  * `audit [--warn]`:
+  * `audit [--strict]`:
     Check formulae for Homebrew coding style violations. This should be
     run before submitting a new formula for inclusion.
 
-    If `--warn` is passed, perform additional stricter checks that may not need
+    If `--strict` is passed, perform additional stricter checks that may not need
     to be fixed before submitting.
 
   * `options [--compact]` <formula>:
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
index 559543adf36f87d62183f0f5e67a95414216f544..576a9c780bf3a09720c3fa59d3f1c6e7a791699a 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
@@ -102,11 +102,9 @@ def audit_formula_text name, text
     problems << " * Use separate make calls."
   end
 
-	if ARGV.include? "--warn"
-	  if text =~ /^\t/
-	    problems << " * Use spaces instead of tabs for indentation"
-	  end
-	end
+  if text =~ /^\t/
+    problems << " * Use spaces instead of tabs for indentation"
+  end if strict?
 
   # Formula depends_on gfortran
   if text =~ /\s*depends_on\s*(\'|\")gfortran(\'|\")\s*$/
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index 0827baa18273bb6c995fd1b5c53834f8e5415c53..78a0448f1dfe60c362f77dbda3b3f1bd9e763253 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ If \fB\-\-HEAD\fR is passed, download the HEAD version of \fIformula\fR instead\
 If \fB\-\-force\fR is passed, remove a previously cached version and re\-fetch\.
 .
 .TP
-\fBaudit [\-\-warn]\fR
+\fBaudit [\-\-strict]\fR
 Check formulae for Homebrew coding style violations\. This should be run before submitting a new formula for inclusion\.
 .
 .IP
-If \fB\-\-warn\fR is passed, perform additional stricter checks that may not need to be fixed before submitting\.
+If \fB\-\-strict\fR is passed, perform additional stricter checks that may not need to be fixed before submitting\.
 .
 .TP
 \fBoptions [\-\-compact]\fR \fIformula\fR