diff --git a/docs/basic-features/typescript.md b/docs/basic-features/typescript.md
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@@ -128,6 +128,23 @@ Next.js automatically supports the `tsconfig.json` `"paths"` and `"baseUrl"` opt
 
 You can learn more about this feature on the [Module Path aliases documentation](/docs/advanced-features/module-path-aliases.md).
 
+## Type checking next.config.js
+
+The `next.config.js` file must be a JavaScript file as it does not get parsed by Babel or TypeScript, however you can add some type checking in your IDE using JSDoc as below:
+
+```js
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * @type {import('next/dist/next-server/server/config').NextConfig}
+ **/
+const nextConfig = {
+  /* config options here */
+}
+
+module.exports = nextConfig
+```
+
 ## Incremental type checking
 
 Since `v10.2.1` Next.js supports [incremental type checking](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#incremental) when enabled in your `tsconfig.json`, this can help speed up type checking in larger applications.