diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4345c5048228..d210a1b218ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ name
 [explicit_counter_loop](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#explicit_counter_loop)                       | warn    | for-looping with an explicit counter when `_.enumerate()` would do
 [explicit_iter_loop](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#explicit_iter_loop)                             | warn    | for-looping over `_.iter()` or `_.iter_mut()` when `&_` or `&mut _` would do
 [extend_from_slice](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#extend_from_slice)                               | warn    | `.extend_from_slice(_)` is a faster way to extend a Vec by a slice
-[filter_map](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#filter_map)                                             | allow   | using `filter(_).map(_)`, which is more succinctly expressed as `.filter_map(_)`
+[filter_map](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#filter_map)                                             | allow   | using combinations of `filter`, `map`, `filter_map` and `flat_map` which can usually be written as a single method call
 [filter_next](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#filter_next)                                           | warn    | using `filter(p).next()`, which is more succinctly expressed as `.find(p)`
 [float_arithmetic](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#float_arithmetic)                                 | allow   | Any floating-point arithmetic statement
 [float_cmp](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#float_cmp)                                               | warn    | using `==` or `!=` on float values (as floating-point operations usually involve rounding errors, it is always better to check for approximate equality within small bounds)
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
index 97130ee751fd..950a03159b22 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ declare_lint! {
 /// **Example:** `iter.filter(|x| x == 0).map(|x| x * 2)`
 declare_lint! {
     pub FILTER_MAP, Allow,
-    "using `filter(_).map(_)`, which is more succinctly expressed as `.filter_map(_)`"
+    "using combinations of `filter`, `map`, `filter_map` and `flat_map` which can usually be written as a single method call"
 }
 
 /// **What it does:** This lint `Warn`s on an iterator search (such as `find()`, `position()`, or