diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e980e802a3..2b075690a61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ Code Checks + Clang Warnings:
     - cd build
     - printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%s:cmake_section[collapsed=true]\r\e[0KRunning CMake" "$( date +%s)"
     # We don't have an "All options" job, so build fuzzshark and tfshark here.
-    - cmake -DENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS=on -DENABLE_CHECKHF_CONFLICT=on -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=on -DBUILD_fuzzshark=ON -DBUILD_tfshark=On -DBUILD_logray=ON -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON -G Ninja ..
+    - cmake -DENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS=on -DENABLE_WERROR=off -DENABLE_CHECKHF_CONFLICT=on -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=on -DBUILD_fuzzshark=ON -DBUILD_tfshark=On -DBUILD_logray=ON -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON -G Ninja ..
     - printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%s:cmake_section\r\e[0K" "$( date +%s)"
     - mkdir ../html
     - script --command ninja --flush --quiet --return ../tmp_clang_report.txt
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05faf673261..a0b8be2571d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ else() # ! MSVC
 	# These are not enabled by default, because the warnings they
 	# produce are very hard or impossible to eliminate.
 	#
-	if(ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS)   # This overrides -Werror
+	if(ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS)
 		list(APPEND WIRESHARK_COMMON_FLAGS
 			# The following are for C and C++
 			-Wpedantic
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ if(MSVC)
 endif()
 
 set(WERROR_COMMON_FLAGS "")
-if(ENABLE_WERROR AND NOT ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS)
+if(ENABLE_WERROR)
 	if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
 		set(WERROR_COMMON_FLAGS "/WX")
 	else()
diff --git a/CMakeOptions.txt b/CMakeOptions.txt
index a3c57322d8a..38ad3896fac 100644
--- a/CMakeOptions.txt
+++ b/CMakeOptions.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ option(ENABLE_DEBUG_MBS  "Enable extra debug checks for detecting invalid multib
 option(ENABLE_CCACHE     "Speed up compiling and linking using ccache if possible" OFF)
 option(DISABLE_FRAME_LARGER_THAN_WARNING "Disable warning if the size of a function frame is large" OFF)
 option(EXTCAP_ANDROIDDUMP_LIBPCAP    "Build androiddump using libpcap" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS "Do additional compiler warnings (disables -Werror)" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS "Do additional compiler warnings (noisy)" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CODE_ANALYSIS "Enable the compiler's static analyzer if possible" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_ASAN "Enable AddressSanitizer (ASAN) for debugging (degrades performance)" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_TSAN "Enable ThreadSanitizer (TSan) for debugging" OFF)