diff --git a/src/TextForEvent.tsx b/src/TextForEvent.tsx
index 4c2c264439..10c787bcb6 100644
--- a/src/TextForEvent.tsx
+++ b/src/TextForEvent.tsx
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ export function hasText(ev): boolean {
     return Boolean(handler?.(ev));
 }
 
-export function textForEvent(ev: MatrixEvent): string
+export function textForEvent(ev: MatrixEvent): string;
+export function textForEvent(ev: MatrixEvent, allowJSX: true): string | JSX.Element;
 export function textForEvent(ev: MatrixEvent, allowJSX = false): string | JSX.Element {
     const handler = (ev.isState() ? stateHandlers : handlers)[ev.getType()];
     return handler?.(ev, allowJSX)?.() || '';