diff --git a/src/transaction/TransactionController.ts b/src/transaction/TransactionController.ts
index 84d2a64779..061b98fdc1 100644
--- a/src/transaction/TransactionController.ts
+++ b/src/transaction/TransactionController.ts
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ export class TransactionController extends BaseController<
     normalizedTxs = this.trimTransactionsForState(normalizedTxs);
     normalizedTokenTxs = this.trimTransactionsForState(normalizedTokenTxs);
 
-    const [updateTxs, allTxs] = this.transactionStateReconciler(
+    const [updateRequired, allTxs] = this.transactionStateReconciler(
       [...normalizedTxs, ...normalizedTokenTxs],
       transactions,
       StateReconcileMethod.ETHERSCAN,
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ export class TransactionController extends BaseController<
     });
     // Update state only if new transactions were fetched or
     // the status or gas data of a transaction has changed
-    if (updateTxs) {
+    if (updateRequired) {
       this.update({ transactions: allTxs });
     }
     return latestIncomingTxBlockNumber;
@@ -1293,9 +1293,9 @@ export class TransactionController extends BaseController<
       return txIdx === -1 ? tx : outdatedTxs[txIdx];
     });
 
-    const update = newTxs.length > 0 || updatedLocalTxs.length > 0;
+    const updateRequired = newTxs.length > 0 || updatedLocalTxs.length > 0;
 
-    return [update, [...newTxs, ...updatedLocalTxs]];
+    return [updateRequired, [...newTxs, ...updatedLocalTxs]];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1318,8 +1318,8 @@ export class TransactionController extends BaseController<
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get all the transactions that are locally outdated respect a
-   * remote source (etherscan or blockchain). The returned array
+   * Get all the transactions that are locally outdated with respect
+   * to a remote source (etherscan or blockchain). The returned array
    * contains the transactions with the updated data.
    * @param remoteTxs - Array of transactions from remote source
    * @param localTxs - Array of transactions stored locally
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 94b9444762..732eaa3b1a 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export async function handleTransactionFetch(
   networkType: string,
   address: string,
   opt?: FetchAllOptions,
-): Promise<any[]> {
+): Promise<[{ [result: string]: [] }, { [result: string]: [] }]> {
   // transactions
   const urlParams = {
     module: 'account',