diff --git a/types/exit/exit-tests.ts b/types/exit/exit-tests.ts
index 2a6865cf98..64035fa256 100644
--- a/types/exit/exit-tests.ts
+++ b/types/exit/exit-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
 import exit = require('exit');
 
 exit(42);
+exit(42, [process.stdout, process.stderr]);
diff --git a/types/exit/index.d.ts b/types/exit/index.d.ts
index bab76c5513..c1b3d01edf 100644
--- a/types/exit/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/exit/index.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-// Type definitions for exit 0.1.2
+// Type definitions for exit 0.1
 // Project: https://github.com/cowboy/node-exit
 // Definitions by: Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+/**
+ * A replacement for process.exit that ensures stdio are fully drained before exiting.
+ */
+declare function exit(code: number, streams?: [NodeJS.WritableStream, NodeJS.WritableStream]): void;
 
-declare function exit(code: number): void;
 export = exit;
diff --git a/types/exit/tslint.json b/types/exit/tslint.json
index 6152da4876..3db14f85ea 100644
--- a/types/exit/tslint.json
+++ b/types/exit/tslint.json
@@ -1,11 +1 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "trim-file": false
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }