diff --git a/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts b/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
index a842cb4327d0bd..a1d107db9d96c4 100644
--- a/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
+++ b/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ babel.transformFile('filename.js', options, (err, result) => {
 
 babel.transformFileSync('filename.js', options)!.code;
 
+function checkParseResult(_config: t.File) {}
+
 const sourceCode = 'if (true) return;';
 const parsedAst = babel.parse(sourceCode, options);
 
+checkParseResult(parsedAst!);
+
 babel.transformFromAst(parsedAst!, sourceCode, options, (err, result) => {
     const { code, map, ast } = result!;
     const { body } = ast!.program;
diff --git a/types/babel__core/index.d.ts b/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
index 273352fe489759..c17be08182f25f 100644
--- a/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import * as t from '@babel/types';
 export { ParserOptions, GeneratorOptions, t as types, template, traverse, NodePath, Visitor };
 
 export type Node = t.Node;
-export type ParseResult = t.File | t.Program;
+export type ParseResult = ReturnType<typeof import('@babel/parser').parse>;
 export const version: string;
 export const DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS: ['.js', '.jsx', '.es6', '.es', '.mjs'];