diff --git a/@commitlint/config-conventional/README.md b/@commitlint/config-conventional/README.md
index c0dbebeb95..adb5db6286 100644
--- a/@commitlint/config-conventional/README.md
+++ b/@commitlint/config-conventional/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ echo "fix(scope): some message" # passes
 #### subject-case
 
 - **condition**: `subject` is in one of the cases `['sentence-case', 'start-case', 'pascal-case', 'upper-case']`
-- **rule**: `never`
+- **rule**: `always`
 - **level**: `error`
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/docs/reference-rules.md b/docs/reference-rules.md
index 15ab72ca03..b7ac2302e1 100644
--- a/docs/reference-rules.md
+++ b/docs/reference-rules.md
@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@ Infinity
 
 #### subject-case
 
-- **condition**: `subject` is in case `value`
+- **condition**: `subject` is in one of the cases `['sentence-case', 'start-case', 'pascal-case', 'upper-case']`
 - **rule**: `always`
 - **value**
 
 ```
-'lower-case'
+['sentence-case', 'start-case', 'pascal-case', 'upper-case']
 ```
 
 - **possible values**