diff --git a/src/ruleLoader.ts b/src/ruleLoader.ts
index bbf33c2f2f8..d7afc59eed5 100644
--- a/src/ruleLoader.ts
+++ b/src/ruleLoader.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function loadRules(ruleOptionsList: IOptions[],
                 rules.push(rule);
             }
 
-            if (Rule.metadata !== undefined && Rule.metadata.deprecationMessage !== undefined) {
+            if (Rule.metadata !== undefined && Boolean(Rule.metadata.deprecationMessage)) {
                 showWarningOnce(`${Rule.metadata.ruleName} is deprecated. ${Rule.metadata.deprecationMessage}`);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/rules/typeofCompareRule.ts b/src/rules/typeofCompareRule.ts
index 303c8b34c0d..d1499adf176 100644
--- a/src/rules/typeofCompareRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/typeofCompareRule.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
         optionExamples: [true],
         type: "functionality",
         typescriptOnly: false,
+        deprecationMessage: ts.versionMajorMinor as string === "2.1"
+            ? "Starting from TypeScript 2.2 the compiler includes this check which makes this rule redundant."
+            : "",
     };
     /* tslint:enable:object-literal-sort-keys */