diff --git a/types/jquery/index.d.ts b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
index b4c4d37387..69196b6d00 100644
--- a/types/jquery/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement extends Node = HTMLElement> {
      * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/val/}
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    val(): string | number | string[] | null | undefined;
+    val(): string | number | string[] | undefined;
     /**
      * Set the CSS width of each element in the set of matched elements.
      *
diff --git a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
index b4b4f10aaf..7b0c521b88 100644
--- a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ function JQuery() {
                 return 'myVal';
             });
 
-            // $ExpectType string | number | string[] | null | undefined
+            // $ExpectType string | number | string[] | undefined
             $('p').val();
         }
     }