diff --git a/actions/warn.js b/actions/warn.js
index 733fcca..8f850ce 100644
--- a/actions/warn.js
+++ b/actions/warn.js
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const dedent = require('dedent-js');
+const ms = require('millisecond');
 
 const { context } = require('../bot');
 const { link } = require('../utils/tg');
-const { numberOfWarnsToBan } = require('../config');
+const {
+	expireWarnsAfter = Infinity,
+	numberOfWarnsToBan,
+} = require('../config');
 const { warn } = require('../stores/user');
 const ban = require('./ban');
 
+const isNewerThan = date => warning => warning.date >= date;
 
 module.exports = async ({ admin, reason, userToWarn }) => {
 	const by_id = admin.id;
 	const date = new Date();
 
 	const { warns } = await warn(userToWarn, { by_id, date, reason });
+	const recentWarns = warns.filter(isNewerThan(date - ms(expireWarnsAfter)));
 
 	const isLastWarn = ', <b>last warning!</b>'
-		.repeat(warns.length === numberOfWarnsToBan - 1);
+		.repeat(recentWarns.length === numberOfWarnsToBan - 1);
 
 	const warnMessage = dedent(`
 		⚠️ ${link(admin)} <b>warned</b> ${link(userToWarn)} <b>for</b>:
 
-		${reason} (${warns.length}/${numberOfWarnsToBan}${isLastWarn})`);
+		${reason} (${recentWarns.length}/${numberOfWarnsToBan}${isLastWarn})`);
 
-	if (warns.length >= numberOfWarnsToBan) {
+	if (recentWarns.length >= numberOfWarnsToBan) {
 		await ban({
 			admin: context.botInfo,
 			reason: 'Reached max number of warnings',
diff --git a/example.config.js b/example.config.js
index d1b60b5..9e78282 100644
--- a/example.config.js
+++ b/example.config.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * Millisecond
  * String to be parsed by https://npmjs.com/millisecond,
  * or number of milliseconds. Pass 0 to remove immediately.
- * Pass false to disable option.
- * @typedef {( number | string | false )} ms
+ * @typedef {( number | string )} ms
  */
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	 * @type {ms} Millisecond
 	 * Timeout before removing join and leave messages.
 	 * [Look at typedef above for details.]
+	 * Pass false to disable this feature.
 	 */
 	deleteJoinsAfter: '2 minutes',
 
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	 * [Look at typedef above for details.]
 	 * Pass an object with { auto, manual } for more granular control
 	 * over which messages get deleted
+	 * Pass false to disable this feature.
 	 */
 	deleteWarnsAfter: false,
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	 * @type {ms}
 	 * Timeout before removing ban messages.
 	 * [Look at typedef above for details.]
+	 * Pass false to disable this feature.
 	 */
 	deleteBansAfter: false,
 
@@ -82,6 +84,13 @@ module.exports = {
 	 */
 	excludeLinks: [],
 
+	/**
+	 * @type {ms}
+	 * Don't count warns older than this value towards automatic ban.
+	 * [Look at typedef above for details.]
+	 */
+	expireWarnsAfter: Infinity,
+
 	/**
 	 * @type {InlineKeyboardMarkup}
 	 * Inline keyboard to be added to reply to /groups.