diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 556ca1bb19272..dd6154b74c2de 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4805,10 +4805,29 @@
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 			"requires": {
 				"babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
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 				"eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.4",
 				"eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^1.6.0",
+				"globals": "^12.0.0",
 				"requireindex": "^1.2.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"globals": {
+					"version": "12.0.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/globals/-/globals-12.0.0.tgz",
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+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"type-fest": "^0.6.0"
+					}
+				},
+				"type-fest": {
+					"version": "0.6.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.6.0.tgz",
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+					"dev": true
+				}
 			}
 		},
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 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"comment-parser": {
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+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/comment-parser/-/comment-parser-0.6.1.tgz",
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+		},
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz",
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 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"eslint-plugin-jsdoc": {
+			"version": "15.8.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-plugin-jsdoc/-/eslint-plugin-jsdoc-15.8.0.tgz",
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+			"dev": true,
+			"requires": {
+				"comment-parser": "^0.6.1",
+				"debug": "^4.1.1",
+				"flat-map-polyfill": "^0.3.8",
+				"jsdoctypeparser": "5.0.1",
+				"lodash": "^4.17.15",
+				"object.entries-ponyfill": "^1.0.1",
+				"regextras": "^0.6.1"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"debug": {
+					"version": "4.1.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.1.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-pYAIzeRo8J6KPEaJ0VWOh5Pzkbw/RetuzehGM7QRRX5he4fPHx2rdKMB256ehJCkX+XRQm16eZLqLNS8RSZXZw==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"ms": "^2.1.1"
+					}
+				},
+				"lodash": {
+					"version": "4.17.15",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.15.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-8xOcRHvCjnocdS5cpwXQXVzmmh5e5+saE2QGoeQmbKmRS6J3VQppPOIt0MnmE+4xlZoumy0GPG0D0MVIQbNA1A==",
+					"dev": true
+				},
+				"ms": {
+					"version": "2.1.2",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==",
+					"dev": true
+				}
+			}
+		},
 		"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": {
 			"version": "6.2.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y/-/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-6.2.1.tgz",
@@ -11527,6 +11590,12 @@
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 			}
 		},
+		"flat-map-polyfill": {
+			"version": "0.3.8",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/flat-map-polyfill/-/flat-map-polyfill-0.3.8.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-ZfmD5MnU7GglUEhiky9C7yEPaNq1/wh36RDohe+Xr3nJVdccwHbdTkFIYvetcdsoAckUKT51fuf44g7Ni5Doyg==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"flatted": {
 			"version": "2.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/flatted/-/flatted-2.0.0.tgz",
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 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"jsdoctypeparser": {
+			"version": "5.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdoctypeparser/-/jsdoctypeparser-5.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-dYwcK6TKzvq+ZKtbp4sbQSW9JMo6s+4YFfUs5D/K7bZsn3s1NhEhZ+jmIPzby0HbkbECBe+hNPEa6a+E21o94w==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"jsdom": {
 			"version": "11.12.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-11.12.0.tgz",
@@ -18916,6 +18991,12 @@
 				"has": "^1.0.1"
 			}
 		},
+		"object.entries-ponyfill": {
+			"version": "1.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object.entries-ponyfill/-/object.entries-ponyfill-1.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-Kavfd8v70mVm3RqiTp2I9lQz0lY=",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"object.fromentries": {
 			"version": "2.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object.fromentries/-/object.fromentries-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -22368,6 +22449,12 @@
 				"unicode-match-property-value-ecmascript": "^1.1.0"
 			}
 		},
+		"regextras": {
+			"version": "0.6.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regextras/-/regextras-0.6.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-EzIHww9xV2Kpqx+corS/I7OBmf2rZ0pKKJPsw5Dc+l6Zq1TslDmtRIP9maVn3UH+72MIXmn8zzDgP07ihQogUA==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"regjsgen": {
 			"version": "0.5.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regjsgen/-/regjsgen-0.5.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index 990f39fa099cb..32d6bfebb4caf 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 - The [`@wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return` rule](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/master/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-unused-vars-before-return.md) has been improved to exempt object destructuring only if destructuring to more than one property.
+- Stricter JSDoc linting using [`eslint-plugin-jsdoc`](https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc).
 
 ## 2.4.0 (2019-08-05)
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 ### Improvements
 
 - The recommended `react` configuration specifies an option to [`@wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return`](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/master/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-unused-vars-before-return.md) to exempt React hooks usage, by convention of hooks beginning with "use" prefix.
+- The plugin now uses [`eslint-plugin-jsdoc`](https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc), rather than the `valid-jsdoc` rule, for more reliable linting of JSDoc blocks.
 
 ## 2.3.0 (2019-06-12)
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/es5.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/es5.js
index a13168d1223e0..c81f5c2249f9d 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/es5.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/es5.js
@@ -73,30 +73,6 @@ module.exports = {
 				'!': true,
 			},
 		} ],
-		'valid-jsdoc': [ 'error', {
-			prefer: {
-				arg: 'param',
-				argument: 'param',
-				extends: 'augments',
-				returns: 'return',
-			},
-			preferType: {
-				array: 'Array',
-				bool: 'boolean',
-				Boolean: 'boolean',
-				float: 'number',
-				Float: 'number',
-				int: 'number',
-				integer: 'number',
-				Integer: 'number',
-				Number: 'number',
-				object: 'Object',
-				String: 'string',
-				Void: 'void',
-			},
-			requireParamDescription: false,
-			requireReturn: false,
-		} ],
 		'valid-typeof': 'error',
 		'vars-on-top': 'error',
 		'wrap-iife': 'error',
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2fda492cd445d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const globals = require( 'globals' );
+
+module.exports = {
+	extends: [
+		'plugin:jsdoc/recommended',
+	],
+	settings: {
+		jsdoc: {
+			preferredTypes: {
+				object: 'Object',
+			},
+			tagNamePreference: {
+				returns: 'return',
+				yields: 'yield',
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	rules: {
+		'jsdoc/no-undefined-types': [ 'warning', {
+			// Required to reference browser types because we don't have the `browser` environment enabled for the project.
+			// Here we filter out all browser globals that don't begin with an uppercase letter because those
+			// generally refer to window-level event listeners and are not a valid type to reference (e.g. `onclick`).
+			definedTypes: Object.keys( globals.browser ).filter( ( k ) => /^[A-Z]/.test( k ) ),
+		} ],
+		'jsdoc/require-jsdoc': 'off',
+		'jsdoc/require-param-description': 'off',
+		'jsdoc/require-returns': 'off',
+	},
+};
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
index f7c264684ecaf..96a6402237941 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		require.resolve( './custom.js' ),
 		require.resolve( './react.js' ),
 		require.resolve( './esnext.js' ),
+		require.resolve( './jsdoc.js' ),
 	],
 	env: {
 		node: true,
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
index b8c4bc4b48512..a8139e218160e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 	"main": "index.js",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
+		"eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^15.8.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.2.1",
 		"eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.4",
 		"eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^1.6.0",
+		"globals": "^12.0.0",
 		"requireindex": "^1.2.0"
 	},
 	"publishConfig": {