diff --git a/jquery/jquery-tests.ts b/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
index e22e1deff..1a03968ec 100644
--- a/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
+++ b/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ function test_slideToggle() {
     $("#aa").click(function () {
         $("div:not(.still)").slideToggle("slow", function () {
             var n = parseInt($("span").text(), 10);
-            $("span").text((n + 1).toString());
+            $("span").text(n + 1);
         });
     });
 }
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ function test_children() {
         var $kids = $(e.target).children();
         var len = $kids.addClass("hilite").length;
 
-        $("#results span:first").text(len.toString());
+        $("#results span:first").text(len);
         //$("#results span:last").text(e.target.tagName);
 
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -2143,13 +2143,13 @@ function test_html() {
 function test_inArray() {
     var arr: any[] = [4, "Pete", 8, "John"];
     var $spans = $("span");
-    $spans.eq(0).text(jQuery.inArray("John", arr).toString());
-    $spans.eq(1).text(jQuery.inArray(4, arr).toString());
-    $spans.eq(2).text(jQuery.inArray("Karl", arr).toString());
-    $spans.eq(3).text(jQuery.inArray("Pete", arr, 2).toString());
+    $spans.eq(0).text(jQuery.inArray("John", arr));
+    $spans.eq(1).text(jQuery.inArray(4, arr));
+    $spans.eq(2).text(jQuery.inArray("Karl", arr));
+    $spans.eq(3).text(jQuery.inArray("Pete", arr, 2));
 
     var arr2: number[] = [1, 2, 3, 4];
-    $spans.eq(1).text(jQuery.inArray(4, arr2).toString());
+    $spans.eq(1).text(jQuery.inArray(4, arr2));
 }
 
 function test_index() {
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ function test_isFunction() {
     ];
     jQuery.each(objs, function (i) {
         var isFunc = jQuery.isFunction(objs[i]);
-        $("span").eq(i).text(isFunc.toString());
+        $("span").eq(i).text(isFunc);
     });
     $.isFunction(function () { });
 }
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ function test_mouseenter() {
     var n = 0;
     $("div.enterleave").mouseenter(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse enter");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++n).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++n);
     }).mouseleave(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse leave");
     });
@@ -2767,14 +2767,14 @@ function test_mouseleave() {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse over");
     }).mouseout(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse out");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++i).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++i);
     });
     var n = 0;
     $("div.enterleave").mouseenter(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse enter");
     }).mouseleave(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse leave");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++n).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++n);
     });
 }
 
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ function test_mouseout() {
     var i = 0;
     $("div.overout").mouseout(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse out");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++i).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++i);
     }).mouseover(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse over");
     });
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ function test_mouseout() {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse enter");
     }).bind("mouseleave", function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse leave");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++n).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++n);
     });
 }
 
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@ function test_mouseover() {
     var i = 0;
     $("div.overout").mouseover(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse over");
-        $("p:last", this).text((++i).toString());
+        $("p:last", this).text(++i);
     }).mouseout(function () {
         $("p:first", this).text("mouse out");
     });
diff --git a/jquery/jquery.d.ts b/jquery/jquery.d.ts
index 67baf90e3..41f0e15f7 100644
--- a/jquery/jquery.d.ts
+++ b/jquery/jquery.d.ts
@@ -3086,9 +3086,21 @@ interface JQuery {
     /**
      * Set the content of each element in the set of matched elements to the specified text.
      * 
-     * @param textString A string of text to set as the content of each matched element.
+     * @param text The text to set as the content of each matched element.
      */
-    text(textString: string): JQuery;
+    text(text: string): JQuery;
+    /**
+     * Set the content of each element in the set of matched elements to the specified text.
+     * 
+     * @param text The text to set as the content of each matched element.
+     */
+    text(text: number): JQuery;
+    /**
+     * Set the content of each element in the set of matched elements to the specified text.
+     * 
+     * @param text The text to set as the content of each matched element.
+     */
+    text(text: boolean): JQuery;
     /**
      * Set the content of each element in the set of matched elements to the specified text.
      *