diff --git a/docs/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.md b/docs/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.md
index dd0cdb4c9b..faaecda352 100644
--- a/docs/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.md
+++ b/docs/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.md
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 When creating a JSX element that has an `a` tag, it is often desired to have
 the link open in a new tab using the `target='_blank'` attribute. Using this
-attribute unaccompanied by `rel='noreferrer noopener'`, however, is a severe
-security vulnerability ([see here for more details](https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener))
-This rules requires that you accompany `target='_blank'` attributes with `rel='noreferrer noopener'`.
+attribute unaccompanied by `rel='noreferrer'`, however, is a severe
+security vulnerability ([see here for more details](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#link-type-noopener))
+This rules requires that you accompany `target='_blank'` attributes with `rel='noreferrer'`.
 
 ## Rule Details
 
 This rule aims to prevent user generated links from creating security vulnerabilities by requiring
-`rel='noreferrer noopener'` for external links, and optionally any dynamically generated links.
+`rel='noreferrer'` for external links, and optionally any dynamically generated links.
 
 ## Rule Options
 ```json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The following patterns are **not** considered errors:
 
 ```jsx
 var Hello = <p target='_blank'></p>
-var Hello = <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="http://example.com"></a>
+var Hello = <a target='_blank' rel="noreferrer" href="http://example.com"></a>
 var Hello = <a target='_blank' href="relative/path/in/the/host"></a>
 var Hello = <a target='_blank' href="/absolute/path/in/the/host"></a>
 var Hello = <a></a>
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js b/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
index eb90cbd6e3..6d5f15b08b 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ const parserOptions = {
 
 const ruleTester = new RuleTester({parserOptions});
 const defaultErrors = [{
-  message: 'Using target="_blank" without rel="noopener noreferrer" is a security risk:' +
-  ' see https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener'
+  message: 'Using target="_blank" without rel="noreferrer" is a security risk:' +
+  ' see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#link-type-noopener'
 }];
 
 ruleTester.run('jsx-no-target-blank', rule, {
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ ruleTester.run('jsx-no-target-blank', rule, {
     {code: '<a href="foobar"></a>'},
     {code: '<a randomTag></a>'},
     {code: '<a target />'},
-    {code: '<a href="foobar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>'},
-    {code: '<a target="_blank" {...spreadProps} rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>'},
-    {code: '<a {...spreadProps} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://example.com">s</a>'},
-    {code: '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" {...spreadProps}></a>'},
+    {code: '<a href="foobar" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"></a>'},
+    {code: '<a target="_blank" {...spreadProps} rel="noreferrer"></a>'},
+    {code: '<a {...spreadProps} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://example.com">s</a>'},
+    {code: '<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" {...spreadProps}></a>'},
     {code: '<p target="_blank"></p>'},
-    {code: '<a href="foobar" target="_BLANK" rel="NOOPENER noreferrer"></a>'},
+    {code: '<a href="foobar" target="_BLANK" rel="NOREFERRER"></a>'},
     {code: '<a target="_blank" rel={relValue}></a>'},
-    {code: '<a target={targetValue} rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>'},
+    {code: '<a target={targetValue} rel="noreferrer"></a>'},
     {code: '<a target={targetValue} href="relative/path"></a>'},
     {code: '<a target={targetValue} href="/absolute/path"></a>'},
     {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ruleTester.run('jsx-no-target-blank', rule, {
     code: '<a target="_blank" rel="" href="http://example.com"></a>',
     errors: defaultErrors
   }, {
-    code: '<a target="_blank" rel="noopenernoreferrer" href="http://example.com"></a>',
+    code: '<a target="_blank" rel="no referrer" href="http://example.com"></a>',
     errors: defaultErrors
   }, {
     code: '<a target="_BLANK" href="http://example.com"></a>',