diff --git a/ale_linters/puppet/puppet.vim b/ale_linters/puppet/puppet.vim
index 1ed268d1..d44bb517 100644
--- a/ale_linters/puppet/puppet.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/puppet/puppet.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Author: Alexander Olofsson <alexander.olofsson@liu.se>
 
 call ale#Set('puppet_puppet_executable', 'puppet')
-call ale#Set('puppet_puppet_options', '--color=false')
+call ale#Set('puppet_puppet_options', '')
 
 function! ale_linters#puppet#puppet#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
     " Matches patterns like the following:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function! ale_linters#puppet#puppet#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
 endfunction
 
 function! ale_linters#puppet#puppet#GetCommand(buffer) abort
-    return '%e parser validate '
+    return '%e parser validate --color=false '
     \    . ale#Pad(ale#Var(a:buffer, 'puppet_puppet_options'))
     \    . ' %t'
 endfunction
diff --git a/doc/ale-puppet.txt b/doc/ale-puppet.txt
index b37a19a1..daa8c10f 100644
--- a/doc/ale-puppet.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-puppet.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ g:ale_puppet_puppet_executable                 *g:ale_puppet_puppet_executable*
 g:ale_puppet_puppet_options                       *g:ale_puppet_puppet_options*
                                                   *b:ale_puppet_puppet_options*
   Type: |String|
-  Default: `'--color=false'`
+  Default: `''`
 
   This variable can be changed to add command-line arguments to the
   puppet parser validate invocation.