diff --git a/src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.js b/src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.js
rename to src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.ts
index f8409ed23..a9d1eeb76 100644
--- a/src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.js
+++ b/src/rules/__tests__/no-try-expect.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import { RuleTester } from 'eslint';
+import { TSESLint } from '@typescript-eslint/experimental-utils';
 import rule from '../no-try-expect';
 
-const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
-  parserOptions: {
-    ecmaVersion: 2019,
+const ruleTester = new TSESLint.RuleTester(
+  // @ts-ignore: https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/pull/746
+  {
+    parserOptions: {
+      ecmaVersion: 2019,
+    },
   },
-});
+);
 
 ruleTester.run('no-try-catch', rule, {
   valid: [
diff --git a/src/rules/no-try-expect.js b/src/rules/no-try-expect.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from src/rules/no-try-expect.js
rename to src/rules/no-try-expect.ts
index aa3a424fa..97a0c0f92 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-try-expect.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-try-expect.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import { getDocsUrl, isTestCase } from './util';
+import { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/experimental-utils';
+import { createRule, isExpectCall, isTestCase } from './tsUtils';
 
-export default {
+export default createRule({
+  name: __filename,
   meta: {
     docs: {
       description: 'Prefer using toThrow for exception tests',
-      uri: getDocsUrl(__filename),
+      category: 'Best Practices',
+      recommended: false,
     },
     messages: {
       noTryExpect: [
@@ -13,13 +16,16 @@ export default {
         'or "await expect(yourFunction()).rejects.toThrow()" for async tests',
       ].join(' '),
     },
+    type: 'problem',
+    schema: [],
   },
+  defaultOptions: [],
   create(context) {
     let isTest = false;
     let catchDepth = 0;
 
-    function isThrowExpectCall(node) {
-      return catchDepth > 0 && node.callee.name === 'expect';
+    function isThrowExpectCall(node: TSESTree.CallExpression) {
+      return catchDepth > 0 && isExpectCall(node);
     }
 
     return {
@@ -50,4 +56,4 @@ export default {
       },
     };
   },
-};
+});
diff --git a/src/rules/tsUtils.ts b/src/rules/tsUtils.ts
index c2a79a1fb..f8fabb850 100644
--- a/src/rules/tsUtils.ts
+++ b/src/rules/tsUtils.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ interface JestExpectNamespaceMemberExpression
  *
  * @return {node is JestExpectCallExpression}
  */
-const isExpectCall = (node: TSESTree.Node): node is JestExpectCallExpression =>
+export const isExpectCall = (
+  node: TSESTree.Node,
+): node is JestExpectCallExpression =>
   node.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.CallExpression &&
   isExpectIdentifier(node.callee);