diff --git a/types/jquery/index.d.ts b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
index 024dcc3ab8..d0e80de159 100644
--- a/types/jquery/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
@@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/after/}
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    after(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery>): this;
+    after(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>>): this;
     /**
      * Insert content, specified by the parameter, after each element in the set of matched elements.
      *
@@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @since 1.4
      * @since 1.10
      */
-    after(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery): this;
+    after(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>): this;
     /**
      * Register a handler to be called when Ajax requests complete. This is an AjaxEvent.
      *
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/append/}
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    append(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery>): this;
+    append(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>>): this;
     /**
      * Insert content, specified by the parameter, to the end of each element in the set of matched elements.
      *
@@ -3144,7 +3144,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/append/}
      * @since 1.4
      */
-    append(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery): this;
+    append(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>): this;
     /**
      * Insert every element in the set of matched elements to the end of the target.
      *
@@ -3191,7 +3191,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/before/}
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    before(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery>): this;
+    before(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>>): this;
     /**
      * Insert content, specified by the parameter, before each element in the set of matched elements.
      *
@@ -3203,7 +3203,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @since 1.4
      * @since 1.10
      */
-    before(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery): this;
+    before(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>): this;
     // [bind() overloads] https://github.com/jquery/api.jquery.com/issues/1048
     /**
      * Attach a handler to an event for the elements.
@@ -4595,7 +4595,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/prepend/}
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    prepend(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery>): this;
+    prepend(...contents: Array<JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>>): this;
     /**
      * Insert content, specified by the parameter, to the beginning of each element in the set of matched elements.
      *
@@ -4606,7 +4606,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement>
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/prepend/}
      * @since 1.4
      */
-    prepend(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery): this;
+    prepend(fn: (this: TElement, index: number, html: string) => JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<JQuery.Node> | JQuery<JQuery.Node>): this;
     /**
      * Insert every element in the set of matched elements to the beginning of the target.
      *
diff --git a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
index d223be9d5c..d81dd3b6f3 100644
--- a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
@@ -5130,7 +5130,7 @@ function JQuery() {
     function manipulation() {
         function after() {
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
-            $('p').after('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p'), [new Element(), new Text()]);
+            $('p').after('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p').contents(), [new Element(), new Text()]);
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('p').after(function(index, html) {
@@ -5189,13 +5189,13 @@ function JQuery() {
                 // $ExpectType string
                 html;
 
-                return $('p');
+                return $('p').contents();
             });
         }
 
         function append() {
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
-            $('p').append('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p'), [new Element(), new Text()]);
+            $('p').append('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p').contents(), [new Element(), new Text()]);
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('p').append(function(index, html) {
@@ -5254,7 +5254,7 @@ function JQuery() {
                 // $ExpectType string
                 html;
 
-                return $('p');
+                return $('p').contents();
             });
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
@@ -5263,7 +5263,7 @@ function JQuery() {
 
         function before() {
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
-            $('p').before('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p'), [new Element(), new Text()]);
+            $('p').before('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p').contents(), [new Element(), new Text()]);
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('p').before(function(index, html) {
@@ -5322,13 +5322,13 @@ function JQuery() {
                 // $ExpectType string
                 html;
 
-                return $('p');
+                return $('p').contents();
             });
         }
 
         function prepend() {
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
-            $('p').prepend('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p'), [new Element(), new Text()]);
+            $('p').prepend('<p></p>', new Element(), new Text(), $('p').contents(), [new Element(), new Text()]);
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('p').prepend(function(index, html) {
@@ -5387,7 +5387,7 @@ function JQuery() {
                 // $ExpectType string
                 html;
 
-                return $('p');
+                return $('p').contents();
             });
         }