diff --git a/types/leveldown/index.d.ts b/types/leveldown/index.d.ts
index ae45f2da69..8cc65555e9 100644
--- a/types/leveldown/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/leveldown/index.d.ts
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ export interface LevelDown extends AbstractLevelDOWN<Bytes, Bytes> {
   approximateSize(start: Bytes, end: Bytes, cb: ErrorSizeCallback): void;
   compactRange(start: Bytes, end: Bytes, cb: ErrorCallback): void;
   getProperty(property: string): string;
-  destroy(location: string, cb: ErrorCallback): void;
-  repair(location: string, cb: ErrorCallback): void;
   iterator(options?: LevelDownIteratorOptions): LevelDownIterator;
 }
 
 interface LevelDownConstructor {
   new(location: string): LevelDown;
   (location: string): LevelDown;
+  destroy(location: string, cb: ErrorCallback): void;
+  repair(location: string, cb: ErrorCallback): void;
 }
 
 export interface LevelDownOpenOptions extends AbstractOpenOptions {
diff --git a/types/leveldown/leveldown-tests.ts b/types/leveldown/leveldown-tests.ts
index 8c38bae399..af3d465ef0 100644
--- a/types/leveldown/leveldown-tests.ts
+++ b/types/leveldown/leveldown-tests.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-import LevelDOWN from 'leveldown';
+import LevelDOWN, { Bytes } from 'leveldown';
 
-// can use new, or not.
-const a = new LevelDOWN("./tmp/leveldown");
-const b = LevelDOWN("./tmp/leveldown");
+// Can use new, or not.
+const a = new LevelDOWN("/tmp/db");
+const b = LevelDOWN("/tmp/db");
 
-const down = new LevelDOWN("./tmp/leveldown");
+const down = new LevelDOWN("/tmp/db");
 
 down.open(() => {
-  down.put("key", "value", (err?) => { });
-  down.put(Buffer.from([1]), "value", { something: true }, (err?) => { });
+  down.put("key", "value", (err: Error | undefined) => { });
+  down.put(Buffer.from([1]), "value", { something: true }, (err: Error | undefined) => { });
 
-  down.get("key", (err?) => { });
-  down.get(Buffer.from([1]), { something: true }, (err: Error | undefined, value: any) => { });
+  down.get("key", (err: Error | undefined) => { });
+  down.get(Buffer.from([1]), { something: true }, (err: Error | undefined, value: Bytes) => { });
 
-  down.close(() => {
+  down.close((err: Error | undefined) => {
     // do nothing
   });
 });
+
+down.destroy("/tmp/db", (err: Error | undefined) => { });
+down.repair("/tmp/db", (err: Error | undefined) => { });