diff --git a/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js b/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
index b4fb1d4ee467..46a5b1fc858c 100644
--- a/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
+++ b/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
         messages: {
             unexpectedRegExp: "Use a regular expression literal instead of the 'RegExp' constructor.",
+            replaceWithLiteral: "Replace with an equivalent regular expression literal.",
             unexpectedRedundantRegExp: "Regular expression literal is unnecessarily wrapped within a 'RegExp' constructor.",
             unexpectedRedundantRegExpWithFlags: "Use regular expression literal with flags instead of the 'RegExp' constructor."
         }
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ module.exports = {
                             node,
                             messageId: "unexpectedRegExp",
                             suggest: noFix ? [] : [{
-                                messageId: "unexpectedRegExp",
+                                messageId: "replaceWithLiteral",
                                 fix(fixer) {
                                     const tokenAfter = sourceCode.getTokenAfter(node);