diff --git a/lib/rules/no-regex-spaces.js b/lib/rules/no-regex-spaces.js
index c8a2df101c5..0baa7d8bba9 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-regex-spaces.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-regex-spaces.js
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ module.exports = {
             if (regexResults !== null) {
                 context.report({
                     node,
-                    message: `Spaces are hard to count. Use {${regexResults[0].length}}.`
+                    message: "Spaces are hard to count. Use {{{count}}}.",
+                    data: {
+                        count: regexResults[0].length
+                    }
                 });
 
                 /*