diff --git a/types/jest/index.d.ts b/types/jest/index.d.ts
index b7b60f2e53..53b0fb8c3b 100644
--- a/types/jest/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jest/index.d.ts
@@ -796,7 +796,164 @@ declare namespace jest {
 
     type SnapshotUpdateState = 'all' | 'new' | 'none';
 
-    // https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/en/cli.html#options
+    interface DefaultOptions {
+        automock: boolean;
+        bail: boolean;
+        browser: boolean;
+        cache: boolean;
+        cacheDirectory: Path;
+        changedFilesWithAncestor: boolean;
+        clearMocks: boolean;
+        collectCoverage: boolean;
+        collectCoverageFrom: Maybe<string[]>;
+        coverageDirectory: Maybe<string>;
+        coveragePathIgnorePatterns: string[];
+        coverageReporters: string[];
+        coverageThreshold: Maybe<{global: {[key: string]: number}}>;
+        errorOnDeprecated: boolean;
+        expand: boolean;
+        filter: Maybe<Path>;
+        forceCoverageMatch: Glob[];
+        globals: ConfigGlobals;
+        globalSetup: Maybe<string>;
+        globalTeardown: Maybe<string>;
+        haste: HasteConfig;
+        detectLeaks: boolean;
+        detectOpenHandles: boolean;
+        moduleDirectories: string[];
+        moduleFileExtensions: string[];
+        moduleNameMapper: {[key: string]: string};
+        modulePathIgnorePatterns: string[];
+        noStackTrace: boolean;
+        notify: boolean;
+        notifyMode: string;
+        preset: Maybe<string>;
+        projects: Maybe<Array<string | ProjectConfig>>;
+        resetMocks: boolean;
+        resetModules: boolean;
+        resolver: Maybe<Path>;
+        restoreMocks: boolean;
+        rootDir: Maybe<Path>;
+        roots: Maybe<Path[]>;
+        runner: string;
+        runTestsByPath: boolean;
+        setupFiles: Path[];
+        setupTestFrameworkScriptFile: Maybe<Path>;
+        skipFilter: boolean;
+        snapshotSerializers: Path[];
+        testEnvironment: string;
+        testEnvironmentOptions: object;
+        testFailureExitCode: string | number;
+        testLocationInResults: boolean;
+        testMatch: Glob[];
+        testPathIgnorePatterns: string[];
+        testRegex: string;
+        testResultsProcessor: Maybe<string>;
+        testRunner: Maybe<string>;
+        testURL: string;
+        timers: 'real' | 'fake';
+        transform: Maybe<{[key: string]: string}>;
+        transformIgnorePatterns: Glob[];
+        watchPathIgnorePatterns: string[];
+        useStderr: boolean;
+        verbose: Maybe<boolean>;
+        watch: boolean;
+        watchman: boolean;
+    }
+
+    interface InitialOptions {
+        automock?: boolean;
+        bail?: boolean;
+        browser?: boolean;
+        cache?: boolean;
+        cacheDirectory?: Path;
+        clearMocks?: boolean;
+        changedFilesWithAncestor?: boolean;
+        changedSince?: string;
+        collectCoverage?: boolean;
+        collectCoverageFrom?: Glob[];
+        collectCoverageOnlyFrom?: {[key: string]: boolean};
+        coverageDirectory?: string;
+        coveragePathIgnorePatterns?: string[];
+        coverageReporters?: string[];
+        coverageThreshold?: {global: {[key: string]: number}};
+        detectLeaks?: boolean;
+        detectOpenHandles?: boolean;
+        displayName?: string;
+        expand?: boolean;
+        filter?: Path;
+        findRelatedTests?: boolean;
+        forceCoverageMatch?: Glob[];
+        forceExit?: boolean;
+        json?: boolean;
+        globals?: ConfigGlobals;
+        globalSetup?: Maybe<string>;
+        globalTeardown?: Maybe<string>;
+        haste?: HasteConfig;
+        reporters?: Array<ReporterConfig | string>;
+        logHeapUsage?: boolean;
+        lastCommit?: boolean;
+        listTests?: boolean;
+        mapCoverage?: boolean;
+        moduleDirectories?: string[];
+        moduleFileExtensions?: string[];
+        moduleLoader?: Path;
+        moduleNameMapper?: {[key: string]: string};
+        modulePathIgnorePatterns?: string[];
+        modulePaths?: string[];
+        name?: string;
+        noStackTrace?: boolean;
+        notify?: boolean;
+        notifyMode?: string;
+        onlyChanged?: boolean;
+        outputFile?: Path;
+        passWithNoTests?: boolean;
+        preprocessorIgnorePatterns?: Glob[];
+        preset?: Maybe<string>;
+        projects?: Glob[];
+        replname?: Maybe<string>;
+        resetMocks?: boolean;
+        resetModules?: boolean;
+        resolver?: Maybe<Path>;
+        restoreMocks?: boolean;
+        rootDir?: Path;
+        roots?: Path[];
+        runner?: string;
+        runTestsByPath?: boolean;
+        scriptPreprocessor?: string;
+        setupFiles?: Path[];
+        setupTestFrameworkScriptFile?: Path;
+        silent?: boolean;
+        skipFilter?: boolean;
+        skipNodeResolution?: boolean;
+        snapshotSerializers?: Path[];
+        errorOnDeprecated?: boolean;
+        testEnvironment?: string;
+        testEnvironmentOptions?: object;
+        testFailureExitCode?: string | number;
+        testLocationInResults?: boolean;
+        testMatch?: Glob[];
+        testNamePattern?: string;
+        testPathDirs?: Path[];
+        testPathIgnorePatterns?: string[];
+        testRegex?: string;
+        testResultsProcessor?: Maybe<string>;
+        testRunner?: string;
+        testURL?: string;
+        timers?: 'real' | 'fake';
+        transform?: {[key: string]: string};
+        transformIgnorePatterns?: Glob[];
+        watchPathIgnorePatterns?: string[];
+        unmockedModulePathPatterns?: string[];
+        updateSnapshot?: boolean;
+        useStderr?: boolean;
+        verbose?: Maybe<boolean>;
+        watch?: boolean;
+        watchAll?: boolean;
+        watchman?: boolean;
+        watchPlugins?: string[];
+    }
+
     interface GlobalConfig {
         bail: boolean;
         collectCoverage: boolean;
@@ -826,7 +983,6 @@ declare namespace jest {
         watchman: boolean;
     }
 
-    // https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/en/configuration.html#options
     interface ProjectConfig {
         automock: boolean;
         browser: boolean;
@@ -866,7 +1022,7 @@ declare namespace jest {
         testRunner: string;
         testURL: string;
         timers: 'real' | 'fake';
-        transform: {[regexpGlob: string]: string};
+        transform: Array<[string, Path]>;
         transformIgnorePatterns: Glob[];
         unmockedModulePathPatterns: Maybe<string[]>;
         watchPathIgnorePatterns: string[];
diff --git a/types/jest/jest-tests.ts b/types/jest/jest-tests.ts
index b8dff71522..b549826049 100644
--- a/types/jest/jest-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jest/jest-tests.ts
@@ -734,10 +734,11 @@ test('moduleName 2', () => {
 
 // Jest config
 {
+interface JestConfigModule {defaults: jest.DefaultOptions; }
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-var-requires
-const {defaults} = require('jest-config') as {defaults: jest.ProjectConfig};
+const {defaults} = require('jest-config') as JestConfigModule;
 
-const config: Partial<jest.ProjectConfig> = {
+const config: jest.InitialOptions = {
   transform: {
     '^.+\\.(ts|tsx)$': 'ts-jest'
   },