diff --git a/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate-tests.ts b/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate-tests.ts
index 7857ffda33..42fc42be69 100644
--- a/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate-tests.ts
+++ b/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate-tests.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ import {
     model,
     PaginateModel,
     PaginateOptions,
-    PaginateResult
+    PaginateResult,
+    Document
 } from 'mongoose';
 import * as mongoosePaginate from 'mongoose-paginate';
 import { Router, Request, Response } from 'express';
 
 
 //#region Test Models
-interface User {
+interface User extends Document {
   email: string;
   username: string;
   password: string;
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ const UserSchema: Schema = new Schema({
 
 UserSchema.plugin(mongoosePaginate);
 
-type UserModel<T> = _UserModel<T> & PaginateModel<T>;
-interface _UserModel<T> {}
+interface UserModel<T extends Document> extends PaginateModel<T> {};
 
 let UserModel: UserModel<User> = model<User>('User', UserSchema) as UserModel<User>;
 //#endregion
diff --git a/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate.d.ts b/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate.d.ts
index 5481c42775..c90e7550fd 100644
--- a/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate.d.ts
+++ b/mongoose-paginate/mongoose-paginate.d.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,15 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
     offset?: number;
   }
 
-  export type PaginateModel<T> = _PaginateModel<T> & Model<T>;
-  interface _PaginateModel<T> {
+  interface PaginateModel<T extends Document> extends Model<T> {
     paginate(query?: Object, options?: PaginateOptions, callback?: (err: any, result: PaginateResult<T>) => void): Promise<PaginateResult<T>>;
   }
 
-  export function model<T extends Document, Statics>(
+  export function model<T extends Document>(
     name: string,
     schema?: Schema,
     collection?: string,
-    skipInit?: boolean): Statics & PaginateModel<T>;
+    skipInit?: boolean): PaginateModel<T>;
 }
 
 declare module 'mongoose-paginate' {