diff --git a/types/react-click-outside-hook/index.d.ts b/types/react-click-outside-hook/index.d.ts
index 2e78125467..6bbbe7aa42 100644
--- a/types/react-click-outside-hook/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-click-outside-hook/index.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // Definitions by: Bryan Deloeste <https://github.com/bdeloeste>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
-import { MutableRefObject } from "react";
 
-export function useClickOutside<T>(): [MutableRefObject<T>, boolean];
+type HookReturnTuple = [((node?: Element | null) => void), boolean];
+
+export function useClickOutside(): HookReturnTuple;
diff --git a/types/react-click-outside-hook/react-click-outside-hook-tests.tsx b/types/react-click-outside-hook/react-click-outside-hook-tests.tsx
index b5ce2ad7a6..e6730ce7fe 100644
--- a/types/react-click-outside-hook/react-click-outside-hook-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-click-outside-hook/react-click-outside-hook-tests.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { render } from "react-dom";
 import { useClickOutside } from "react-click-outside-hook";
 
 function Component() {
-    const [ref, hasClickedOutside] = useClickOutside<HTMLDivElement>();
+    const [ref, hasClickedOutside] = useClickOutside();
     return <div ref={ref}>{hasClickedOutside.toString()}</div>;
 }