diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
index 97ee6a3def..27b8d1c927 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ files.treesitter = function(opts)
   end
 
   results = utils.filter_symbols(results, opts)
-  if results == nil then
+  if vim.tbl_isempty(results) then
     -- error message already printed in `utils.filter_symbols`
     return
   end
diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__lsp.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__lsp.lua
index af79bcb282..4f37c58458 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__lsp.lua
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ end
 --- convert `item` type back to something we can pass to `vim.lsp.util.jump_to_location`
 --- stopgap for pre-nvim 0.10 - after which we can simply use the `user_data`
 --- field on the items in `vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items`
----@param item vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret
+---@param item vim.quickfix.entry
 ---@param offset_encoding string|nil utf-8|utf-16|utf-32
 ---@return lsp.Location
 local function item_to_location(item, offset_encoding)
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ end
 ---| "textDocument/implementation"
 
 ---@param action telescope.lsp.list_or_jump_action
----@param items vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret[]
+---@param items vim.quickfix.entry[]
 ---@param opts table
----@return vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret[]
+---@return vim.quickfix.entry[]
 local apply_action_handler = function(action, items, opts)
   if action == "textDocument/references" and not opts.include_current_line then
     local lnum = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(opts.winnr)[1]
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ local apply_action_handler = function(action, items, opts)
   return items
 end
 
----@param items vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret[]
+---@param items vim.quickfix.entry[]
 ---@param opts table
----@return vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret[]
+---@return vim.quickfix.entry[]
 local function filter_file_ignore_patters(items, opts)
   local file_ignore_patterns = vim.F.if_nil(opts.file_ignore_patterns, conf.file_ignore_patterns)
   file_ignore_patterns = file_ignore_patterns or {}
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ local function list_or_jump(action, title, funname, params, opts)
       end
 
       local location = item_to_location(item, first_encoding)
-      vim.lsp.util.jump_to_location(location, first_encoding, opts.reuse_win)
+      vim.lsp.util.show_document(location, first_encoding, { reuse_win = opts.reuse_win })
     else
       pickers
         .new(opts, {
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ end
 
 lsp.references = function(opts)
   opts.include_current_line = vim.F.if_nil(opts.include_current_line, false)
+  ---@class lsp.TextDocumentPositionParams
   local params = vim.lsp.util.make_position_params(opts.winnr)
   params.context = { includeDeclaration = vim.F.if_nil(opts.include_declaration, true) }
   return list_or_jump("textDocument/references", "LSP References", "builtin.lsp_references", params, opts)
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ lsp.document_symbols = function(opts)
 
     local locations = vim.lsp.util.symbols_to_items(result or {}, opts.bufnr) or {}
     locations = utils.filter_symbols(locations, opts, symbols_sorter)
-    if locations == nil then
+    if vim.tbl_isempty(locations) then
       -- error message already printed in `utils.filter_symbols`
       return
     end
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ lsp.workspace_symbols = function(opts)
 
     local locations = vim.lsp.util.symbols_to_items(server_result or {}, opts.bufnr) or {}
     locations = utils.filter_symbols(locations, opts, symbols_sorter)
-    if locations == nil then
+    if vim.tbl_isempty(locations) then
       -- error message already printed in `utils.filter_symbols`
       return
     end
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ local function get_workspace_symbols_requester(bufnr, opts)
     cancel = vim.lsp.buf_request_all(bufnr, "workspace/symbol", { query = prompt }, tx)
 
     local results = rx() ---@type table<integer, {error: lsp.ResponseError?, result: lsp.WorkspaceSymbol?}>
-    local locations = {} ---@type vim.lsp.util.locations_to_items.ret[]
+    local locations = {} ---@type vim.quickfix.entry[]
 
     for _, client_res in pairs(results) do
       if client_res.error then
diff --git a/lua/telescope/utils.lua b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
index d20dbbe514..4953e9dc8c 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ utils.filter_symbols = function(results, opts, post_filter)
       msg = "Either opts.symbols or opts.ignore_symbols, can't process opposing options at the same time!",
       level = "ERROR",
     })
-    return
+    return {}
   elseif not (has_ignore or has_symbols) then
     return results
   elseif has_ignore then
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ utils.filter_symbols = function(results, opts, post_filter)
         msg = "Please pass ignore_symbols as either a string or a list of strings",
         level = "ERROR",
       })
-      return
+      return {}
     end
 
     opts.ignore_symbols = vim.tbl_map(string.lower, opts.ignore_symbols)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ utils.filter_symbols = function(results, opts, post_filter)
         msg = "Please pass filtering symbols as either a string or a list of strings",
         level = "ERROR",
       })
-      return
+      return {}
     end
 
     opts.symbols = vim.tbl_map(string.lower, opts.symbols)