diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 188e272dc4df..e59012c81651 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ name
 [new_without_default](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#new_without_default)                           | warn    | `fn new() -> Self` method without `Default` implementation
 [no_effect](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#no_effect)                                               | warn    | statements with no effect
 [non_ascii_literal](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#non_ascii_literal)                               | allow   | using any literal non-ASCII chars in a string literal; suggests using the \\u escape instead
-[nonminimal_bool](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#nonminimal_bool)                                   | warn    | checks for boolean expressions that can be written more concisely
+[nonminimal_bool](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#nonminimal_bool)                                   | allow   | checks for boolean expressions that can be written more concisely
 [nonsensical_open_options](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#nonsensical_open_options)                 | warn    | nonsensical combination of options for opening a file
 [ok_expect](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#ok_expect)                                               | warn    | using `ok().expect()`, which gives worse error messages than calling `expect` directly on the Result
 [option_map_unwrap_or](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#option_map_unwrap_or)                         | warn    | using `Option.map(f).unwrap_or(a)`, which is more succinctly expressed as `map_or(a, f)`
diff --git a/src/booleans.rs b/src/booleans.rs
index 35ea5fe44621..877a45a355ad 100644
--- a/src/booleans.rs
+++ b/src/booleans.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ use utils::{span_lint_and_then, in_macro, snippet_opt, SpanlessEq};
 ///
 /// **Why is this bad?** Readability of boolean expressions suffers from unnecesessary duplication
 ///
-/// **Known problems:** Ignores short circuting behavior, bitwise and/or and xor. Ends up suggesting things like !(a == b)
+/// **Known problems:** Ignores short circuting behavior of `||` and `&&`. Ignores `|`, `&` and `^`.
 ///
-/// **Example:** `if a && true` should be `if a`
+/// **Example:** `if a && true` should be `if a` and `!(a == b)` should be `a != b`
 declare_lint! {
-    pub NONMINIMAL_BOOL, Warn,
+    pub NONMINIMAL_BOOL, Allow,
     "checks for boolean expressions that can be written more concisely"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 617d2e242660..2d12532fcfea 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
 
     reg.register_lint_group("clippy_pedantic", vec![
         array_indexing::INDEXING_SLICING,
+        booleans::NONMINIMAL_BOOL,
         enum_glob_use::ENUM_GLOB_USE,
         matches::SINGLE_MATCH_ELSE,
         methods::OPTION_UNWRAP_USED,
@@ -268,7 +269,6 @@ pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
         block_in_if_condition::BLOCK_IN_IF_CONDITION_EXPR,
         block_in_if_condition::BLOCK_IN_IF_CONDITION_STMT,
         booleans::LOGIC_BUG,
-        booleans::NONMINIMAL_BOOL,
         collapsible_if::COLLAPSIBLE_IF,
         copies::IF_SAME_THEN_ELSE,
         copies::IFS_SAME_COND,