diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d4d920a4c..d6cca181e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- [`no-default-import`]: report on the token "default" instead of the entire node ([@pmcelhaney])
 
 ## [2.25.3] - 2021-11-09
 
diff --git a/src/rules/no-default-export.js b/src/rules/no-default-export.js
index cb7c0bb724..c9cfbb52ad 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-default-export.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-default-export.js
@@ -20,19 +20,20 @@ module.exports = {
       `Do not alias \`${local.name}\` as \`default\`. Just export ` +
       `\`${local.name}\` itself instead.`;
 
+
     return {
       ExportDefaultDeclaration(node) {
-        context.report({ node, message: preferNamed });
+        context.report({ node, message: preferNamed, loc: context.getSourceCode().getFirstTokens(node)[1].loc });
       },
 
       ExportNamedDeclaration(node) {
         node.specifiers.forEach(specifier => {
           if (specifier.type === 'ExportDefaultSpecifier' &&
               specifier.exported.name === 'default') {
-            context.report({ node, message: preferNamed });
+            context.report({ node, message: preferNamed, loc: context.getSourceCode().getFirstTokens(node)[1].loc });
           } else if (specifier.type === 'ExportSpecifier' &&
               specifier.exported.name === 'default') {
-            context.report({ node, message: noAliasDefault(specifier) });
+            context.report({ node, message: noAliasDefault(specifier), loc: context.getSourceCode().getFirstTokens(node)[1].loc  });
           }
         });
       },
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-default-export.js b/tests/src/rules/no-default-export.js
index bc0119a019..55ca65ba46 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-default-export.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-default-export.js
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ ruleTester.run('no-default-export', rule, {
       errors: [{
         type: 'ExportDefaultDeclaration',
         message: 'Prefer named exports.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 8,
       }],
     }),
     test({
@@ -100,6 +102,35 @@ ruleTester.run('no-default-export', rule, {
       errors: [{
         type: 'ExportDefaultDeclaration',
         message: 'Prefer named exports.',
+        line: 3,
+        column: 16,
+      }],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'export default class Bar {};',
+      errors: [{
+        type: 'ExportDefaultDeclaration',
+        message: 'Prefer named exports.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 8,
+      }],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'export default function() {};',
+      errors: [{
+        type: 'ExportDefaultDeclaration',
+        message: 'Prefer named exports.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 8,
+      }],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'export default class {};',
+      errors: [{
+        type: 'ExportDefaultDeclaration',
+        message: 'Prefer named exports.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 8,
       }],
     }),
     test({