diff --git a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
index 4dc18aec096f..99c35101c46c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export const replaceMatchedToAsymmetricMatcher = (
   replacedReceived: unknown,
   expectedCycles: Array<unknown>,
   receivedCycles: Array<unknown>,
-): any => {
+): {replacedExpected: unknown; replacedReceived: unknown} => {
   return _replaceMatchedToAsymmetricMatcher(
     deepCyclicCopyReplaceable(replacedExpected),
     deepCyclicCopyReplaceable(replacedReceived),