diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 0e1e76c8c..a5533d3e5 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ The following table lists the default severity levels for each diagnostic rule w
 | reportIncompatibleVariableOverride        | "none"     | "none"     | "error"    |
 | reportInconsistentConstructor             | "none"     | "none"     | "error"    |
 | reportOverlappingOverload                 | "none"     | "none"     | "error"    |
-| reportMissingSuperCall                    | "none"     | "none"     | "error"    |
+| reportMissingSuperCall                    | "none"     | "none"     | "none"     |
 | reportUninitializedInstanceVariable       | "none"     | "none"     | "none"     |
 | reportInvalidStringEscapeSequence         | "none"     | "warning"  | "error"    |
 | reportUnknownParameterType                | "none"     | "none"     | "error"    |
diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts b/packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts
index 723c4a4e9..52b3f41e7 100644
--- a/packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ export function getStrictDiagnosticRuleSet(): DiagnosticRuleSet {
         reportIncompatibleVariableOverride: 'error',
         reportInconsistentConstructor: 'error',
         reportOverlappingOverload: 'error',
-        reportMissingSuperCall: 'error',
+        reportMissingSuperCall: 'none',
         reportUninitializedInstanceVariable: 'none',
         reportInvalidStringEscapeSequence: 'error',
         reportUnknownParameterType: 'error',