diff --git a/scripts/tslint/noIncrementDecrementRule.ts b/scripts/tslint/noIncrementDecrementRule.ts
index 25b18b61ae9..c8655f0933d 100644
--- a/scripts/tslint/noIncrementDecrementRule.ts
+++ b/scripts/tslint/noIncrementDecrementRule.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import * as ts from "typescript";
 
 
 export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
-    public static FAILURE_STRING = "Don't use '++' or '--' operators outside for loops or statements - prefer '+= 1' and '-= 1'.";
+    public static POSTFIX_FAILURE_STRING = "Don't use '++' or '--' postfix operators outside statements, for loops, or element access expressions.";
+    public static PREFIX_FAILURE_STRING = "Don't use '++' or '--' prefix operators.";
 
     public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
         return this.applyWithWalker(new IncrementDecrementWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions()));
@@ -22,14 +23,14 @@ class IncrementDecrementWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
     visitPrefixUnaryExpression(node: ts.PrefixUnaryExpression) {
         super.visitPrefixUnaryExpression(node);
         if (node.operator === ts.SyntaxKind.PlusPlusToken || node.operator == ts.SyntaxKind.MinusMinusToken) {
-            this.visitIncrementDecrement(node);
+            this.addFailure(this.createFailure(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), Rule.PREFIX_FAILURE_STRING));
         }
     }
 
     visitIncrementDecrement(node: ts.UnaryExpression) {
-        if (node.parent && (node.parent.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ExpressionStatement || node.parent.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ForStatement)) {
+        if (node.parent && (node.parent.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ExpressionStatement || node.parent.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ForStatement || node.parent.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ElementAccessExpression)) {
             return;
         }
-        this.addFailure(this.createFailure(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), Rule.FAILURE_STRING));
+        this.addFailure(this.createFailure(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), Rule.POSTFIX_FAILURE_STRING));
     }
 }