diff --git a/types/yargs/index.d.ts b/types/yargs/index.d.ts
index 1f9dc22e3e..c574520ab6 100644
--- a/types/yargs/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/yargs/index.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //                 Jeff Kenney <https://github.com/jeffkenney>
 //                 Jimi (Dimitris) Charalampidis <https://github.com/JimiC>
 //                 Steffen Viken Valvåg <https://github.com/steffenvv>
+//                 Emily Marigold Klassen <https://github.com/forivall>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 3.0
 
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ declare namespace yargs {
 
         example(command: string, description: string): Argv<T>;
 
+        exit(code: number, err: Error): void;
+
         exitProcess(enabled: boolean): Argv<T>;
 
         fail(func: (msg: string, err: Error) => any): Argv<T>;
@@ -169,6 +172,8 @@ declare namespace yargs {
         parse(): { [key in keyof Arguments<T>]: Arguments<T>[key] };
         parse(arg: string | ReadonlyArray<string>, context?: object, parseCallback?: ParseCallback<T>): { [key in keyof Arguments<T>]: Arguments<T>[key] };
 
+        parsed: DetailedArguments | false;
+
         pkgConf(key: string | ReadonlyArray<string>, cwd?: string): Argv<T>;
 
         /**
@@ -262,6 +267,28 @@ declare namespace yargs {
         [argName: string]: unknown;
     };
 
+    interface DetailedArguments {
+        argv: Arguments;
+        error: Error | null;
+        aliases: {[alias: string]: string[]};
+        newAliases: {[alias: string]: boolean};
+        configuration: Configuration;
+    }
+
+    interface Configuration {
+        'boolean-negation': boolean;
+        'camel-case-expansion': boolean;
+        'combine-arrays': boolean;
+        'dot-notation': boolean;
+        'duplicate-arguments-array': boolean;
+        'flatten-duplicate-arrays': boolean;
+        'negation-prefix': string;
+        'parse-numbers': boolean;
+        'populate--': boolean;
+        'set-placeholder-key': boolean;
+        'short-option-groups': boolean;
+    }
+
     interface RequireDirectoryOptions {
         recurse?: boolean;
         extensions?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
diff --git a/types/yargs/tsconfig.json b/types/yargs/tsconfig.json
index dd10c56ee2..93c96061a3 100644
--- a/types/yargs/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/yargs/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     },
     "files": [
         "index.d.ts",
+        "yargs.d.ts",
         "yargs-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/types/yargs/yargs-tests.ts b/types/yargs/yargs-tests.ts
index 605a986eaf..749a83ad2b 100644
--- a/types/yargs/yargs-tests.ts
+++ b/types/yargs/yargs-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
 import yargs = require('yargs');
+import yargsSingleton = require('yargs/yargs');
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -1055,3 +1056,15 @@ function Argv$fallbackToUnknownForUnknownOptions() {
     const x: string = yargs.argv.x;
     return x;
 }
+
+function Argv$exit() {
+    yargs.exit(1, new Error("oh no"));
+}
+
+function Argv$parsed() {
+    const parsedArgs = yargs.parsed;
+}
+
+function makeSingleton() {
+    yargsSingleton(process.argv.slice(2));
+}
diff --git a/types/yargs/yargs.d.ts b/types/yargs/yargs.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f022ae4b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/yargs/yargs.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Argv } from '.';
+
+export = Yargs;
+
+declare function Yargs(
+    processArgs?: ReadonlyArray<string>,
+    cwd?: string,
+    parentRequire?: NodeRequireFunction,
+): Argv;