diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index b710af7a4..13e43b65b 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ declare namespace winston {
     exitOnError?: Function | boolean;
     defaultMeta?: any;
     transports?: Transport[] | Transport;
-    handleExceptions?: boolean;
-    handleRejections?: boolean;
     exceptionHandlers?: any;
     rejectionHandlers?: any;
   }
diff --git a/test/typescript-definitions.ts b/test/typescript-definitions.ts
index 4fb3b6553..8df9d93f6 100644
--- a/test/typescript-definitions.ts
+++ b/test/typescript-definitions.ts
@@ -57,3 +57,18 @@ logger.isInfoEnabled();
 logger.isVerboseEnabled();
 logger.isDebugEnabled();
 logger.isSillyEnabled();
+
+// `handleExceptions` / `handleRejections` are transport options, not logger
+// options: `Logger#configure` never reads them off the options object, so
+// accepting them here silently did nothing. They belong on a transport.
+winston.createLogger({
+    transports: [
+        new winston.transports.Console({ handleExceptions: true, handleRejections: true }),
+    ],
+});
+
+// @ts-expect-error handleExceptions is not a LoggerOptions field
+winston.createLogger({ handleExceptions: true });
+
+// @ts-expect-error handleRejections is not a LoggerOptions field
+winston.createLogger({ handleRejections: true });