diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5c0f1e36f3..6ec089c717d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - Use `cache-loader` to speed up development docs site build ([#1841](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1841)
 - Converted `matching_options` to TS ([#1828](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1828))
+- Converted `EuiFormHelpText` to TS ([#1852](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1852))
 
 **Bug fixes**
 
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/__snapshots__/form_help_text.test.js.snap b/src/components/form/form_help_text/__snapshots__/form_help_text.test.tsx.snap
similarity index 100%
rename from src/components/form/form_help_text/__snapshots__/form_help_text.test.js.snap
rename to src/components/form/form_help_text/__snapshots__/form_help_text.test.tsx.snap
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.js b/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dc0a1629133..00000000000
--- a/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-
-export const EuiFormHelpText = ({ children, className, ...rest }) => {
-  const classes = classNames('euiFormHelpText', className);
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={classes}
-      {...rest}
-    >
-      {children}
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-EuiFormHelpText.propTypes = {
-  children: PropTypes.node,
-  className: PropTypes.string,
-};
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.js b/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.tsx
similarity index 52%
rename from src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.js
rename to src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.tsx
index f60952ff948..3ed1532430b 100644
--- a/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.js
+++ b/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.test.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { render } from 'enzyme';
-import { requiredProps } from '../../../test/required_props';
+import { requiredProps } from '../../../test';
 
 import { EuiFormHelpText } from './form_help_text';
 
 describe('EuiFormHelpText', () => {
   test('is rendered', () => {
     const component = render(
-      <EuiFormHelpText {...requiredProps}>
-        This is help text.
-      </EuiFormHelpText>
+      <EuiFormHelpText {...requiredProps}>This is help text.</EuiFormHelpText>
     );
 
-    expect(component)
-      .toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.tsx b/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbaa04f1d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/form/form_help_text/form_help_text.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React, { FunctionComponent, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
+
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { CommonProps } from '../../common';
+
+export const EuiFormHelpText: FunctionComponent<
+  CommonProps & HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>
+> = ({ children, className, ...rest }) => {
+  const classes = classNames('euiFormHelpText', className);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={classes} {...rest}>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.d.ts b/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b42c0b1b6..00000000000
--- a/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { CommonProps } from '../../common';
-/// <reference path="../../icon/index.d.ts" />
-
-import { ReactNode, FunctionComponent, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
-
-declare module '@elastic/eui' {
-
-  /**
-   * @see './field_help_text.js'
-   */
-  export interface EuiFormHelpTextProps {
-  }
-
-  export const EuiFormHelpText: FunctionComponent<
-    CommonProps & HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & EuiFormHelpTextProps
-    >;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.js b/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 67a6a20f992..00000000000
--- a/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export {
-  EuiFormHelpText,
-} from './form_help_text';
diff --git a/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.ts b/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbdc14ff04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/form/form_help_text/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { EuiFormHelpText } from './form_help_text';