diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
index 4150c5609a97..d6f4c2e0fa84 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
@@ -1101,7 +1101,6 @@ function preLoadCss(cssUrl) {
         });
     }());
 
-    // @ts-expect-error
     window.rustdoc_add_line_numbers_to_examples = () => {
         // @ts-expect-error
         function generateLine(nb) {
@@ -1123,7 +1122,6 @@ function preLoadCss(cssUrl) {
         });
     };
 
-    // @ts-expect-error
     window.rustdoc_remove_line_numbers_from_examples = () => {
         onEachLazy(
             document.querySelectorAll(".rustdoc:not(.src) :not(.scraped-example) > .example-wrap"),
@@ -1132,7 +1130,6 @@ function preLoadCss(cssUrl) {
     };
 
     if (getSettingValue("line-numbers") === "true") {
-        // @ts-expect-error
         window.rustdoc_add_line_numbers_to_examples();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
index 91a58fab86ef..0465866e3671 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ declare global {
         pending_implementors?: rustdoc.Implementors,
         register_type_impls?: function(rustdoc.TypeImpls): void,
         pending_type_impls?: rustdoc.TypeImpls,
+        rustdoc_add_line_numbers_to_examples?: function(),
+        rustdoc_remove_line_numbers_from_examples?: function(),
     }
     interface HTMLElement {
         /** Used by the popover tooltip code. */
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/settings.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/settings.js
index 5f1bbd27328c..ff21c828611a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/settings.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/settings.js
@@ -4,19 +4,26 @@
 /* global MAIN_ID, getVar, getSettingsButton, getHelpButton */
 
 // Eventually fix this.
-// @ts-nocheck
 
 "use strict";
 
 (function() {
     const isSettingsPage = window.location.pathname.endsWith("/settings.html");
 
+    /**
+     * @overload {"theme"|"preferred-dark-theme"|"preferred-light-theme"}
+     * @param {string} settingName
+     * @param {string} value
+     * @returns
+     * @param {string} settingName
+     * @param {string|boolean} value
+     */
     function changeSetting(settingName, value) {
         if (settingName === "theme") {
             const useSystem = value === "system preference" ? "true" : "false";
             updateLocalStorage("use-system-theme", useSystem);
         }
-        updateLocalStorage(settingName, value);
+        updateLocalStorage(settingName, "" + value);
 
         switch (settingName) {
             case "theme":
@@ -27,9 +34,15 @@
                 break;
             case "line-numbers":
                 if (value === true) {
-                    window.rustdoc_add_line_numbers_to_examples();
+                    const f = window.rustdoc_add_line_numbers_to_examples;
+                    if (f !== undefined) {
+                        f();
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    window.rustdoc_remove_line_numbers_from_examples();
+                    const f = window.rustdoc_remove_line_numbers_from_examples;
+                    if (f !== undefined) {
+                        f();
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             case "hide-sidebar":