diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
index c0cfc0ae437ab02c756bc00a009f59a40d8c0a69..ef369e359c30d6ad0e0a66b76c67e8b610f843d9 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ module.exports = {
     'no-undef': 'error',
     'no-unexpected-multiline': 'warn',
     'no-unreachable': 'warn',
-    'no-unused-expressions': 'warn',
+    'no-unused-expressions': ['warn', {
+      'allowShortCircuit': true,
+      'allowTernary': true
+    }],
     'no-unused-labels': 'warn',
     'no-unused-vars': ['warn', {
       vars: 'local',