diff --git a/lib/check.h b/lib/check.h
index 4436d2e3d..7bcb7bcf7 100644
--- a/lib/check.h
+++ b/lib/check.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ protected:
     ErrorLogger * const _errorLogger;
 
     /** report an error */
-    void reportError(const Token *tok, const Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg)
+    void reportError(const Token *tok, const Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg)
     {
         std::list<const Token *> callstack;
         if (tok)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ protected:
     }
 
     /** report an error */
-    void reportError(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, const Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, std::string msg)
+    void reportError(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, const Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, std::string msg)
     {
         // If the verbose flag hasn't been given, don't show verbose information
         if (!_settings || !_settings->_verbose)
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index bc4650e4f..98fe57dfb 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeak::memoryLeak(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname, A
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-void CheckMemoryLeak::reportErr(const Token *tok, Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const
+void CheckMemoryLeak::reportErr(const Token *tok, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const
 {
     std::list<const Token *> callstack;
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeak::reportErr(const Token *tok, Severity::e severity, const st
     reportErr(callstack, severity, id, msg);
 }
 
-void CheckMemoryLeak::reportErr(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const
+void CheckMemoryLeak::reportErr(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const
 {
     std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locations;
 
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index d152906d9..e9984a27e 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private:
      * @param id type of message
      * @param msg text
      */
-    void reportErr(const Token *location, Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const;
+    void reportErr(const Token *location, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const;
 
     /**
      * Report error. Similar with the function Check::reportError
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private:
      * @param id type of message
      * @param msg text
      */
-    void reportErr(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, Severity::e severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const;
+    void reportErr(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string &id, const std::string &msg) const;
 
 public:
     CheckMemoryLeak(const Tokenizer *t, ErrorLogger *e)
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.h b/lib/errorlogger.h
index 47f9f6266..b276427da 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.h
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.h
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ class Tokenizer;
 /// @addtogroup Core
 /// @{
 
+/** @brief enum class for severity. Used when reporting errors. */
+class Severity
+{
+public:
+    enum SeverityType { error, style };
+    static std::string stringify(SeverityType severity)
+    {
+        switch (severity)
+        {
+        case error:
+            return "error";
+        case style:
+            return "style";
+        };
+        return "???";
+    }
+};
+
 /**
  * @brief This is an interface, which the class responsible of error logging
  * should implement.
@@ -307,24 +325,6 @@ private:
     void _writemsg(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, const char severity[], const std::string &msg, const std::string &id);
 };
 
-/** @brief enum class for severity. Used when reporting errors. */
-class Severity
-{
-public:
-    enum e { error, style };
-    static std::string stringify(e severity)
-    {
-        switch (severity)
-        {
-        case error:
-            return "error";
-        case style:
-            return "style";
-        };
-        return "???";
-    }
-};
-
 
 /// @}