diff --git a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
index cd2c8d47cd06c..aac5e8c38c5b0 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ use syn::{
     parse::{Parse, ParseStream},
 };
 
+/// Documentation source for a lint rule
+#[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
+pub enum DocumentationSource {
+    /// Inline documentation from doc comments
+    Inline(String),
+    /// Reference to a shared documentation constant
+    Path(syn::Path),
+}
+
 pub struct LintRuleMeta {
     name: Ident,
     // Whether this rule should be exposed to tsgolint integration
@@ -16,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct LintRuleMeta {
     /// Describes what auto-fixing capabilities the rule has
     fix: Option<Ident>,
     #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
-    documentation: String,
+    documentation: DocumentationSource,
     pub used_in_test: bool,
     /// Rule configuration
     /// This is the name of a struct/enum/whatever implementing
@@ -27,7 +36,9 @@ pub struct LintRuleMeta {
 impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
         #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
-        let mut documentation = String::new();
+        let mut documentation = None;
+        #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
+        let mut doc_comments = String::new();
 
         #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
         let mut backtick_fences_count: usize = 0;
@@ -39,9 +50,8 @@ impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
                     {
                         let value = lit.value();
                         let line = value.strip_prefix(' ').unwrap_or(&value);
-
-                        documentation.push_str(line);
-                        documentation.push('\n');
+                        doc_comments.push_str(line);
+                        doc_comments.push('\n');
 
                         // Count occurrences of "```" to ensure the markdown code blocks are closed properly.
                         backtick_fences_count += line.matches("```").count();
@@ -57,6 +67,13 @@ impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
             }
         }
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
+        {
+            if !doc_comments.is_empty() {
+                documentation.replace(DocumentationSource::Inline(doc_comments));
+            }
+        }
+
         let struct_name: Ident = input.parse()?;
         // Optional marker `(tsgolint)` directly after the rule struct name
         let mut is_tsgolint_rule = false;
@@ -111,13 +128,27 @@ impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
                     input.parse::<Token!(=)>()?;
                     config.replace(input.parse()?);
                 }
+                // docs = path::to::SHARED_DOCUMENTATION_CONSTANT
+                "docs" => {
+                    #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
+                    {
+                        if documentation.is_some() {
+                            return Err(Error::new_spanned(
+                                key,
+                                "documentation source already specified inlined via doc comments",
+                            ));
+                        }
+                        input.parse::<Token!(=)>()?;
+
+                        documentation.replace(DocumentationSource::Path(input.parse()?));
+                    }
+                }
                 _ => {
                     if input.peek(Token!(=)) || fix.is_some() {
-                        panic!("invalid key: {key}");
-                    } else {
-                        // fix kind shorthand, e.g. `dangerous-suggestion``
-                        fix.replace(key);
+                        return Err(Error::new_spanned(key, "unexpected key in rule declaration"));
                     }
+                    // fix kind shorthand, e.g. `dangerous-suggestion``
+                    fix.replace(key);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -139,6 +170,13 @@ impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
                 "unclosed markdown code block in documentation, please close all ``` fences",
             ));
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
+        let Some(documentation) = documentation else {
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                struct_name.span(),
+                "rule documentation must be specified either via doc comments or the `docs` attribute",
+            ));
+        };
 
         Ok(Self {
             name: struct_name,
@@ -204,10 +242,17 @@ pub fn declare_oxc_lint(metadata: LintRuleMeta) -> TokenStream {
     let docs: Option<proc_macro2::TokenStream> = None;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "ruledocs")]
-    let docs = Some(quote! {
-        fn documentation() -> Option<&'static str> {
-            Some(#documentation)
-        }
+    let docs = Some(match documentation {
+        DocumentationSource::Inline(documentation) => quote! {
+            fn documentation() -> Option<&'static str> {
+                Some(#documentation)
+            }
+        },
+        DocumentationSource::Path(shared_docs_path) => quote! {
+            fn documentation() -> Option<&'static str> {
+                Some(#shared_docs_path)
+            }
+        },
     });
 
     let has_config = if config.is_some() {