diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3ba4b84..bff41615 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Name | ✔️ | 🛠 | Description
 [no-deprecated-report-api](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-deprecated-report-api.md) | ✔️ | 🛠 | Prohibits the deprecated `context.report(node, message)` API
 [no-identical-tests](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-identical-tests.md) | ✔️  | 🛠 | Disallows identical tests
 [no-missing-placeholders](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-missing-placeholders.md) | ✔️ | | Disallows missing placeholders in rule report messages
-[no-unused-placeholders](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-unused-placeholders.md) |  | | Disallows unused placeholders in rule report messages
+[no-unused-placeholders](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-unused-placeholders.md) | ✔️ | | Disallows unused placeholders in rule report messages
 [no-useless-token-range](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/no-useless-token-range.md) | ✔️ | 🛠 | Disallows unnecessary calls to sourceCode.getFirstToken and sourceCode.getLastToken
 [prefer-output-null](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/prefer-output-null.md) | | | Disallows invalid RuleTester test cases with the output the same as the code.
 [prefer-placeholders](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin/blob/master/docs/rules/prefer-placeholders.md) | | | Disallows template literals as report messages
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-unused-placeholders.js b/lib/rules/no-unused-placeholders.js
index 023cf266..ab4b92bd 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-unused-placeholders.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-unused-placeholders.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
     docs: {
       description: 'Disallow unused placeholders in rule report messages',
       category: 'Rules',
-      recommended: false,
+      recommended: true,
     },
     fixable: null,
     schema: [],