diff --git a/cmd/polaris/audit.go b/cmd/polaris/audit.go
index ca06f6c9..2a4ac8de 100644
--- a/cmd/polaris/audit.go
+++ b/cmd/polaris/audit.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ var (
 	helmValues          string
 	checks              []string
 	auditNamespace      string
+	severityLevel       string
 	skipSslValidation   bool
 	uploadInsights      bool
 	clusterName         string
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ func init() {
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&helmValues, "helm-values", "", "Optional flag to add helm values")
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&checks, "checks", []string{}, "Optional flag to specify specific checks to check")
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&auditNamespace, "namespace", "", "Namespace to audit. Only applies to in-cluster audits")
+	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&severityLevel, "severity", "", "Severity level used to filter results. Behaves like log levels. 'danger' is the least verbose (warning, danger)")
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&skipSslValidation, "skip-ssl-validation", false, "Skip https certificate verification")
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&uploadInsights, "upload-insights", false, "Upload scan results to Fairwinds Insights")
 	auditCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clusterName, "cluster-name", "", "Set --cluster-name to a descriptive name for the cluster you're auditing")
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ var auditCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			logrus.Println("Success! You can see your results at:")
 			logrus.Printf("%s/orgs/%s/clusters/%s/action-items\n", insightsHost, auth.Organization, clusterName)
 		} else {
-			outputAudit(auditData, auditOutputFile, auditOutputURL, auditOutputFormat, useColor, onlyShowFailedTests)
+			outputAudit(auditData, auditOutputFile, auditOutputURL, auditOutputFormat, useColor, onlyShowFailedTests, severityLevel)
 		}
 
 		summary := auditData.GetSummary()
@@ -223,10 +225,20 @@ func ProcessHelmTemplates(helmChart, helmValues string) (string, error) {
 	return dir, nil
 }
 
-func outputAudit(auditData validator.AuditData, outputFile, outputURL, outputFormat string, useColor bool, onlyShowFailedTests bool) {
+func outputAudit(auditData validator.AuditData, outputFile, outputURL, outputFormat string, useColor bool, onlyShowFailedTests bool, severityLevel string) {
 	if onlyShowFailedTests {
 		auditData = auditData.RemoveSuccessfulResults()
 	}
+
+	if severityLevel != "" {
+		switch severityLevel {
+		case "danger":
+			auditData = auditData.FilterResultsBySeverityLevel(cfg.SeverityDanger)
+		case "warning":
+			auditData = auditData.FilterResultsBySeverityLevel(cfg.SeverityWarning)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var outputBytes []byte
 	var err error
 	if outputFormat == "score" {
diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index 1212747d..4baadf57 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ webhook
     --resource string                 Audit a specific resource, in the format namespace/kind/version/name, e.g. nginx-ingress/Deployment.apps/v1/default-backend.
     --set-exit-code-below-score int   Set an exit code of 4 when the score is below this threshold (1-100).
     --set-exit-code-on-danger         Set an exit code of 3 when the audit contains danger-level issues.
+    --severity string                 Severity level used to filter results. Behaves like log levels. 'danger' is the least verbose (warning, danger)
+    --skip-ssl-validation             Skip https certificate verification
+    --upload-insights                 Upload scan results to Fairwinds Insights
 
 # webhook flags
     --disable-webhook-config-installer   disable the installer in the webhook server, so it won't install webhook configuration resources during bootstrapping.
diff --git a/pkg/validator/output.go b/pkg/validator/output.go
index 1f996e04..86808577 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/output.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/output.go
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ type AuditData struct {
 	Score                uint
 }
 
+// FilterResultsBySeverityLevel includes results according to the provided severity level:
+// 'danger' is the least verbose, 'warning' is medium verbosity, default behavior will
+// include all results, which currently also includes 'ignore'
+func (res AuditData) FilterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel config.Severity) AuditData {
+	resCopy := res
+	resCopy.Results = []Result{}
+
+	filteredResults := funk.Map(res.Results, func(auditDataResult Result) Result {
+		return auditDataResult.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+	}).([]Result)
+
+	for _, result := range filteredResults {
+		if result.isNotEmpty() {
+			resCopy.Results = append(resCopy.Results, result)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return resCopy
+}
+
 // RemoveSuccessfulResults removes all tests that have passed
 func (res AuditData) RemoveSuccessfulResults() AuditData {
 	resCopy := res
@@ -108,6 +128,25 @@ func (res ResultSet) removeSuccessfulResults() ResultSet {
 	return newResults
 }
 
+func (res ResultSet) filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel config.Severity) ResultSet {
+	newResults := ResultSet{}
+	for k, resultMessage := range res {
+		switch severityLevel {
+		case config.SeverityDanger:
+			if resultMessage.Severity == config.SeverityDanger {
+				newResults[k] = resultMessage
+			}
+		case config.SeverityWarning:
+			if resultMessage.Severity == config.SeverityDanger || resultMessage.Severity == config.SeverityWarning {
+				newResults[k] = resultMessage
+			}
+		default:
+			return res
+		}
+	}
+	return newResults
+}
+
 // Result provides results for a Kubernetes object
 type Result struct {
 	Name        string
@@ -128,6 +167,16 @@ func (res Result) removeSuccessfulResults() Result {
 	return resCopy
 }
 
+func (res Result) filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel config.Severity) Result {
+	resCopy := res
+	resCopy.Results = res.Results.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+	if res.PodResult != nil {
+		podCopy := res.PodResult.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+		resCopy.PodResult = &podCopy
+	}
+	return resCopy
+}
+
 func (res Result) isNotEmpty() bool {
 	if res.PodResult != nil {
 		return res.PodResult.isNotEmpty()
@@ -151,6 +200,15 @@ func (res PodResult) removeSuccessfulResults() PodResult {
 	return resCopy
 }
 
+func (res PodResult) filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel config.Severity) PodResult {
+	resCopy := PodResult{}
+	resCopy.Results = res.Results.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+	resCopy.ContainerResults = funk.Map(res.ContainerResults, func(containerResult ContainerResult) ContainerResult {
+		return containerResult.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+	}).([]ContainerResult)
+	return resCopy
+}
+
 func (res PodResult) isNotEmpty() bool {
 	for _, cr := range res.ContainerResults {
 		if cr.isNotEmpty() {
@@ -172,6 +230,12 @@ func (res ContainerResult) removeSuccessfulResults() ContainerResult {
 	return resCopy
 }
 
+func (res ContainerResult) filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel config.Severity) ContainerResult {
+	resCopy := res
+	resCopy.Results = res.Results.filterResultsBySeverityLevel(severityLevel)
+	return resCopy
+}
+
 func (res ContainerResult) isNotEmpty() bool {
 	return res.Results.isNotEmpty()
 }