diff --git a/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/ControlStructures/StaticKeywordSniff.php b/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/ControlStructures/StaticKeywordSniff.php
index 1dabe82235..a9d52432d1 100644
--- a/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/ControlStructures/StaticKeywordSniff.php
+++ b/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/ControlStructures/StaticKeywordSniff.php
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ class phpbb_Sniffs_ControlStructures_StaticKeywordSniff implements Sniff
 	{
 		$tokens = $phpcsFile->getTokens();
 
-		$disallowed_before_tokens = [
+		$disallowed_after_tokens = [
 			T_PUBLIC,
 			T_PROTECTED,
 			T_PRIVATE,
 		];
 
-		if (in_array($tokens[$stackPtr - 2]['code'], $disallowed_before_tokens))
+		if (in_array($tokens[$stackPtr + 2]['code'], $disallowed_after_tokens))
 		{
-			$error = 'Access specifier (e.g. public) should follow static scope attribute. Encountered "' . $tokens[$stackPtr - 2]['content'] . '" before static';
-			$phpcsFile->addError($error, $stackPtr, 'InvalidStaticFunctionDeclaration');
+			$error = 'Access specifier (e.g. public) should not follow static scope attribute. Encountered "' . $tokens[$stackPtr + 2]['content'] . '" after static';
+			$phpcsFile->addWarning($error, $stackPtr, 'InvalidStaticFunctionDeclaration', [], 1);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/docs/coding-guidelines.html b/phpBB/docs/coding-guidelines.html
index 93da7d9ee5..89c5002508 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/coding-guidelines.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/coding-guidelines.html
@@ -717,18 +717,18 @@ switch ($mode)
 	<h4>Class Members</h4>
 	<p>Use the explicit visibility qualifiers <code>public</code>, <code>private</code> and <code>protected</code> for all properties instead of <code>var</code>.
 
-	<p>Place the <code>static</code> qualifier before the visibility qualifiers.</p>
+	<p>Place the <code>static</code> qualifier after the visibility qualifiers.</p>
 
 	<p class="bad">//Wrong </p>
 	<div class="codebox"><pre>
 var $x;
-private static function f()</pre>
+static private function f()</pre>
 	</div>
 
 	<p class="good">// Right </p>
 	<div class="codebox"><pre>
 public $x;
-static private function f()</pre>
+private static function f()</pre>
 	</div>
 
 	<h4>Constants</h4>