diff --git a/tests/tools/check-rule-examples.js b/tests/tools/check-rule-examples.js
index 76dfbda304fa..df75cc9c135b 100644
--- a/tests/tools/check-rule-examples.js
+++ b/tests/tools/check-rule-examples.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe("check-rule-examples", () => {
                 "\x1B[0m  \x1B[2m12:1\x1B[22m  \x1B[31merror\x1B[39m  Syntax error: 'import' and 'export' may appear only with 'sourceType: module'\x1B[0m\n" +
                 "\x1B[0m  \x1B[2m20:5\x1B[22m  \x1B[31merror\x1B[39m  Nonstandard language tag 'ts': use one of 'javascript', 'js' or 'jsx'\x1B[0m\n" +
                 "\x1B[0m  \x1B[2m23:7\x1B[22m  \x1B[31merror\x1B[39m  Syntax error: Identifier 'foo' has already been declared\x1B[0m\n" +
-                "\x1B[0m  \x1B[2m31:1\x1B[22m  \x1B[31merror\x1B[39m  Example code should contain a configuration comment like /* eslint no-restricted-syntax: error */\x1B[0m\n" +
+                "\x1B[0m  \x1B[2m31:1\x1B[22m  \x1B[31merror\x1B[39m  Example code should contain a configuration comment like /* eslint no-restricted-syntax: \"error\" */\x1B[0m\n" +
                 "\x1B[0m\x1B[0m\n" +
                 "\x1B[0m\x1B[31m\x1B[1m✖ 5 problems (5 errors, 0 warnings)\x1B[22m\x1B[39m\x1B[0m\n" +
                 "\x1B[0m\x1B[31m\x1B[1m\x1B[22m\x1B[39m\x1B[0m\n"
diff --git a/tools/check-rule-examples.js b/tools/check-rule-examples.js
index 9013f1d0e9a7..a05af69a3bc4 100644
--- a/tools/check-rule-examples.js
+++ b/tools/check-rule-examples.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ const matter = require("gray-matter");
 const markdownIt = require("markdown-it");
 const markdownItContainer = require("markdown-it-container");
 const { promisify } = require("util");
-const meta = require("../docs/src/_data/rules_meta.json");
 const markdownItRuleExample = require("../docs/tools/markdown-it-rule-example");
 const ConfigCommentParser = require("../lib/linter/config-comment-parser");
+const rules = require("../lib/rules");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Typedefs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function tryParseForPlayground(code, parserOptions) {
 async function findProblems(filename) {
     const text = await readFile(filename, "UTF-8");
     const { title } = matter(text).data;
-    const isRuleRemoved = !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(meta, title);
+    const isRuleRemoved = !rules.has(title);
     const problems = [];
     const ruleExampleOptions = markdownItRuleExample({
         open({ code, parserOptions, codeBlockToken }) {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async function findProblems(filename) {
                 );
 
                 if (!hasRuleConfigComment) {
-                    const message = `Example code should contain a configuration comment like /* eslint ${title}: error */`;
+                    const message = `Example code should contain a configuration comment like /* eslint ${title}: "error" */`;
 
                     problems.push({
                         fatal: false,