diff --git a/lib/internal/test/unicode.js b/lib/internal/test/unicode.js
index 6432eb9d9decdf..7172a43ec20a8a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test/unicode.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test/unicode.js
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 // This module exists entirely for regression testing purposes.
 // See `test/parallel/test-internal-unicode.js`.
 
-module.exports = '✓'; // eslint-disable-line
+/* eslint-disable non-ascii-character */
+module.exports = '✓';
+/* eslint-enable non-ascii-character */
diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index 548ac2450c782a..59a5d5272c38fc 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const Timeout = timerInternals.Timeout;
 // TimerWrap C++ handle, which makes the call after the duration to process the
 // list it is attached to.
 //
-// eslint-disable non-ascii-character
+/* eslint-disable non-ascii-character */
 //
 // ╔════ > Object Map
 // ║
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const Timeout = timerInternals.Timeout;
 // ║
 // ╚════ > Linked List
 //
-// eslint-enable non-ascii-character
+/* eslint-enable non-ascii-character */
 //
 // With this, virtually constant-time insertion (append), removal, and timeout
 // is possible in the JavaScript layer. Any one list of timers is able to be
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/non-ascii-character.js b/tools/eslint-rules/non-ascii-character.js
index b0f050a1397619..e67aac7cd91e82 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/non-ascii-character.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/non-ascii-character.js
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ const suggestions = {
 
 module.exports = (context) => {
 
-  const reportIfError = (node, text) => {
+  const reportIfError = (node, sourceCode) => {
 
-    const matches = text.match(nonAsciiRegexPattern);
+    const matches = sourceCode.text.match(nonAsciiRegexPattern);
 
     if (!matches) return;
 
     const offendingCharacter = matches[0];
+    const offendingCharacterPosition = matches.index;
     const suggestion = suggestions[offendingCharacter];
 
     let message = `Non-ASCII character '${offendingCharacter}' detected.`;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ module.exports = (context) => {
     context.report({
       node,
       message,
+      loc: sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(offendingCharacterPosition),
       fix: (fixer) => {
         return fixer.replaceText(
           node,
@@ -54,6 +56,6 @@ module.exports = (context) => {
   };
 
   return {
-    Program: (node) => reportIfError(node, context.getSourceCode().text)
+    Program: (node) => reportIfError(node, context.getSourceCode())
   };
 };