diff --git a/docs/src/rules/no-div-regex.md b/docs/src/rules/no-div-regex.md
index ccc7287dcbe..cb30420e700 100644
--- a/docs/src/rules/no-div-regex.md
+++ b/docs/src/rules/no-div-regex.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ related_rules:
 
 
 
-Require regex literals to escape division operators.
+Characters `/=` at the beginning of a regular expression literal can be confused with a division assignment operator.
 
 ```js
 function bar() { return /=foo/; }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function bar() { return /=foo/; }
 
 ## Rule Details
 
-This is used to disambiguate the division operator to not confuse users.
+This rule forbids equal signs (`=`) after the slash (`/`) at the beginning of a regular expression literal, because the characters `/=` can be confused with a division assignment operator.
 
 Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:
 
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-div-regex.js b/lib/rules/no-div-regex.js
index dd1c5782a58..0ecd302b2f9 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-div-regex.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-div-regex.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
         type: "suggestion",
 
         docs: {
-            description: "Disallow division operators explicitly at the beginning of regular expressions",
+            description: "Disallow equal signs explicitly at the beginning of regular expressions",
             recommended: false,
             url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-div-regex"
         },