diff --git a/src/Sniffs/AbstractScopeSniff.php b/src/Sniffs/AbstractScopeSniff.php
index 86a140781b..d2b6979d57 100644
--- a/src/Sniffs/AbstractScopeSniff.php
+++ b/src/Sniffs/AbstractScopeSniff.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ final public function register()
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      * @see    processTokenWithinScope()
      */
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ final public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     abstract protected function processTokenWithinScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $currScope);
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ abstract protected function processTokenWithinScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr,
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return (count($tokens) + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     abstract protected function processTokenOutsideScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
diff --git a/src/Sniffs/AbstractVariableSniff.php b/src/Sniffs/AbstractVariableSniff.php
index 6493d5701a..34a3b43aa0 100644
--- a/src/Sniffs/AbstractVariableSniff.php
+++ b/src/Sniffs/AbstractVariableSniff.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function __construct()
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     final protected function processTokenWithinScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $currScope)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ final protected function processTokenWithinScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $cu
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     final protected function processTokenOutsideScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final protected function processTokenOutsideScope(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     abstract protected function processMemberVar(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ abstract protected function processMemberVar(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     abstract protected function processVariable(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ abstract protected function processVariable(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     abstract protected function processVariableInString(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
diff --git a/src/Sniffs/Sniff.php b/src/Sniffs/Sniff.php
index 3556edd532..e0f7cfe9c1 100644
--- a/src/Sniffs/Sniff.php
+++ b/src/Sniffs/Sniff.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function register();
      *
      * @return void|int Optionally returns a stack pointer. The sniff will not be
      *                  called again on the current file until the returned stack
-     *                  pointer is reached. Return (count($tokens) + 1) to skip
+     *                  pointer is reached. Return `$phpcsFile->numTokens` to skip
      *                  the rest of the file.
      */
     public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr);
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
index 8a4884d3ce..41efffa4df 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             // tag in short open tags and scan run with short_open_tag=Off.
             // Bow out completely as any further detection will be unreliable
             // and create incorrect fixes or cause fixer conflicts.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         unset($nextNonEmpty, $start);
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/CSSLintSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/CSSLintSniff.php
index 2e4b251926..6df4c1ffb2 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/CSSLintSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/CSSLintSniff.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $csslintPath = Config::getExecutablePath('csslint');
         if ($csslintPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         exec($cmd, $output, $retval);
 
         if (is_array($output) === false) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $count = count($output);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end for
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ClosureLinterSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ClosureLinterSniff.php
index 6a90533a98..c0b584c322 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ClosureLinterSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ClosureLinterSniff.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $lintPath = Config::getExecutablePath('gjslint');
         if ($lintPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         exec($cmd, $output, $retval);
 
         if (is_array($output) === false) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         foreach ($output as $finding) {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end foreach
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ESLintSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ESLintSniff.php
index e62e6856cd..65faed9911 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ESLintSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/ESLintSniff.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $eslintPath = Config::getExecutablePath('eslint');
         if ($eslintPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $filename = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
 
         if ($code <= 0) {
             // No errors, continue.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $data = json_decode(implode("\n", $stdout));
         if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
             // Ignore any errors.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         // Data is a list of files, but we only pass a single one.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/JSHintSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/JSHintSniff.php
index 5af7f772a5..f65c9a77da 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/JSHintSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Debug/JSHintSniff.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         $rhinoPath  = Config::getExecutablePath('rhino');
         $jshintPath = Config::getExecutablePath('jshint');
         if ($jshintPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName   = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
index a920bdf8a2..71bcabbb7f 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNoNewlineSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNoNewlineSniff.php
index afff5587bc..3f76607560 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNoNewlineSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNoNewlineSniff.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/ExecutableFileSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/ExecutableFileSniff.php
index cb199aa691..8f597dfdf8 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/ExecutableFileSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/ExecutableFileSniff.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineEndingsSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineEndingsSniff.php
index e44d5147a2..1814b55558 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineEndingsSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineEndingsSniff.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
 
         if ($found === $this->eolChar) {
             // Ignore the rest of the file.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         // Check for single line files without an EOL. This is a very special
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             if ($tokens[$lastToken]['line'] === 1
                 && $tokens[$lastToken]['content'] !== "\n"
             ) {
-                return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+                return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
             }
         }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end if
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineLengthSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineLengthSniff.php
index 94d4144a14..a65baf76b5 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineLengthSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LineLengthSniff.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         $this->checkLineLength($phpcsFile, $tokens, $i);
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LowercasedFilenameSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LowercasedFilenameSniff.php
index 608fdcf6b0..1773cb8a6b 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LowercasedFilenameSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Files/LowercasedFilenameSniff.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $filename = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
         if ($filename === 'STDIN') {
-            return  ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $filename          = basename($filename);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/PHP/SyntaxSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/PHP/SyntaxSniff.php
index 0005112739..7297ebc134 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/PHP/SyntaxSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/PHP/SyntaxSniff.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/GitMergeConflictSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/GitMergeConflictSniff.php
index 4a573b0687..67ca59ae96 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/GitMergeConflictSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/GitMergeConflictSniff.php
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end for
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/SubversionPropertiesSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/SubversionPropertiesSniff.php
index 446ee98197..3e6c5fe1fc 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/SubversionPropertiesSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/VersionControl/SubversionPropertiesSniff.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         $properties = $this->getProperties($path);
         if ($properties === null) {
             // Not under version control.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $allProperties = ($properties + $this->properties);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end foreach
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowSpaceIndentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowSpaceIndentSniff.php
index e812500e51..ca2daafcac 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowSpaceIndentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowSpaceIndentSniff.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end for
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowTabIndentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowTabIndentSniff.php
index 51a859e84d..e230916ca3 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowTabIndentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowTabIndentSniff.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end for
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php b/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
index 1c12e3013f..c47466a0d5 100644
--- a/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
 
         if ($tokens[$commentStart]['code'] === T_CLOSE_TAG) {
             // We are only interested if this is the first open tag.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         } else if ($tokens[$commentStart]['code'] === T_COMMENT) {
             $error = 'You must use "/**" style comments for a file comment';
             $phpcsFile->addError($error, $errorToken, 'WrongStyle');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'yes');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         } else if ($commentStart === false
             || $tokens[$commentStart]['code'] !== T_DOC_COMMENT_OPEN_TAG
         ) {
             $phpcsFile->addError('Missing file doc comment', $errorToken, 'Missing');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'no');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $commentEnd = $tokens[$commentStart]['comment_closer'];
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         if (in_array($tokens[$nextToken]['code'], $ignore, true) === true) {
             $phpcsFile->addError('Missing file doc comment', $stackPtr, 'Missing');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'no');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'yes');
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         $this->processTags($phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $commentStart);
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/PSR1/Sniffs/Files/SideEffectsSniff.php b/src/Standards/PSR1/Sniffs/Files/SideEffectsSniff.php
index 5f22b1f9c5..68a18d8c76 100644
--- a/src/Standards/PSR1/Sniffs/Files/SideEffectsSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/PSR1/Sniffs/Files/SideEffectsSniff.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/PSR2/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php b/src/Standards/PSR2/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
index d5e3e069e1..5b2d2817b7 100644
--- a/src/Standards/PSR2/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/PSR2/Sniffs/Files/EndFileNewlineSniff.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function register()
     public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         if ($phpcsFile->findNext(T_INLINE_HTML, ($stackPtr + 1)) !== false) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         // Skip to the end of the file.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             }
 
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'Number of newlines at EOF', '0');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         // Go looking for the last non-empty line.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Skip the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
index d9241f1b66..cfff91fc6d 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FileCommentSniff.php
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         if ($tokens[$commentStart]['code'] === T_COMMENT) {
             $phpcsFile->addError('You must use "/**" style comments for a file comment', $commentStart, 'WrongStyle');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'yes');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         } else if ($commentStart === false || $tokens[$commentStart]['code'] !== T_DOC_COMMENT_OPEN_TAG) {
             $phpcsFile->addError('Missing file doc comment', $stackPtr, 'Missing');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'no');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         if (isset($tokens[$commentStart]['comment_closer']) === false
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             && $tokens[$commentStart]['comment_closer'] === ($phpcsFile->numTokens - 1))
         ) {
             // Don't process an unfinished file comment during live coding.
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $commentEnd = $tokens[$commentStart]['comment_closer'];
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         if (in_array($tokens[$nextToken]['code'], $ignore, true) === true) {
             $phpcsFile->addError('Missing file doc comment', $stackPtr, 'Missing');
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'no');
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'File has doc comment', 'yes');
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end foreach
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JSLintSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JSLintSniff.php
index 30b3071d71..52bff6cc57 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JSLintSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JSLintSniff.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         $rhinoPath  = Config::getExecutablePath('rhino');
         $jslintPath = Config::getExecutablePath('jslint');
         if ($rhinoPath === null || $jslintPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JavaScriptLintSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JavaScriptLintSniff.php
index eb2b294559..89b704fed8 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JavaScriptLintSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Debug/JavaScriptLintSniff.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $jslPath = Config::getExecutablePath('jsl');
         if ($jslPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Files/FileExtensionSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Files/FileExtensionSniff.php
index 4ba28a3eef..aceecffd36 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Files/FileExtensionSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Files/FileExtensionSniff.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Debug/CodeAnalyzerSniff.php b/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Debug/CodeAnalyzerSniff.php
index 7bf1f0ad0a..5470ae4bfc 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Debug/CodeAnalyzerSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Debug/CodeAnalyzerSniff.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $analyzerPath = Config::getExecutablePath('zend_ca');
         if ($analyzerPath === null) {
-            return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+            return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
         }
 
         $fileName = $phpcsFile->getFilename();
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Files/ClosingTagSniff.php b/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Files/ClosingTagSniff.php
index 24ea495b48..7b547bfd82 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Files/ClosingTagSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Zend/Sniffs/Files/ClosingTagSniff.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         }//end if
 
         // Ignore the rest of the file.
-        return ($phpcsFile->numTokens + 1);
+        return $phpcsFile->numTokens;
 
     }//end process()