diff --git a/ext/tidy/tests/019.phpt b/ext/tidy/tests/019.phpt
index 20a15c7018ce2..444ecc155a45c 100644
--- a/ext/tidy/tests/019.phpt
+++ b/ext/tidy/tests/019.phpt
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ tidy_repair_file($l, $l, $l ,$l); // This doesn't emit any warning, TODO look in
 echo "Done\n";
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load configuration file "1" in %s on line %d
+Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load the Tidy configuration file "1" in %s on line %d
 
 Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not set encoding "1" in %s on line %d
 
-Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load configuration file "" in %s on line %d
+Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load the Tidy configuration file "" in %s on line %d
 
-Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load configuration file "1" in %s on line %d
+Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not load the Tidy configuration file "1" in %s on line %d
 
 Warning: tidy_repair_string(): Could not set encoding "1" in %s on line %d
 Path cannot be empty
diff --git a/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636.phpt b/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ce0aa3c08d1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-10636 (Tidy does not output notice when it encountered parse errors in the default configuration file)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+tidy
+--INI--
+tidy.default_config={PWD}/gh10636_config
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$a = new tidy(__DIR__."/007.html");
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Notice: main(): There were errors while parsing the Tidy configuration file "%sgh10636_config" in %s on line %d
diff --git a/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636_config b/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d9c4755a2d744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/tidy/tests/gh10636_config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+indent:@
diff --git a/ext/tidy/tidy.c b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
index 1d757f44fae76..5e9961963e231 100644
--- a/ext/tidy/tidy.c
+++ b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
@@ -79,14 +79,7 @@
 		_php_tidy_apply_config_array(_doc, _val_ht); \
 	} else if (_val_str) { \
 		TIDY_OPEN_BASE_DIR_CHECK(ZSTR_VAL(_val_str)); \
-		switch (tidyLoadConfig(_doc, ZSTR_VAL(_val_str))) { \
-			case -1: \
-				php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Could not load configuration file \"%s\"", ZSTR_VAL(_val_str)); \
-				break; \
-			case 1: \
-				php_error_docref(NULL, E_NOTICE, "There were errors while parsing the configuration file \"%s\"", ZSTR_VAL(_val_str)); \
-				break; \
-		} \
+		php_tidy_load_config(_doc, ZSTR_VAL(_val_str)); \
 	}
 
 
@@ -143,9 +136,7 @@ if (php_check_open_basedir(filename)) { \
 
 #define TIDY_SET_DEFAULT_CONFIG(_doc) \
 	if (TG(default_config) && TG(default_config)[0]) { \
-		if (tidyLoadConfig(_doc, TG(default_config)) < 0) { \
-			php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Unable to load Tidy configuration file at \"%s\"", TG(default_config)); \
-		} \
+		php_tidy_load_config(_doc, TG(default_config)); \
 	}
 /* }}} */
 
@@ -269,6 +260,16 @@ static void TIDY_CALL php_tidy_panic(ctmbstr msg)
 	php_error_docref(NULL, E_ERROR, "Could not allocate memory for tidy! (Reason: %s)", (char *)msg);
 }
 
+static void php_tidy_load_config(TidyDoc doc, const char *path)
+{
+	int ret = tidyLoadConfig(doc, path);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Could not load the Tidy configuration file \"%s\"", path);
+	} else if (ret > 0) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_NOTICE, "There were errors while parsing the Tidy configuration file \"%s\"", path);
+	}
+}
+
 static int _php_tidy_set_tidy_opt(TidyDoc doc, char *optname, zval *value)
 {
 	TidyOption opt = tidyGetOptionByName(doc, optname);