diff --git a/types/locks/index.d.ts b/types/locks/index.d.ts
index 8c112d65d1..c994138db4 100644
--- a/types/locks/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/locks/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for Locks 0.2
 // Project: https://github.com/Wizcorp/locks
 // Definitions by: Joshua Graham <https://github.com/flippynips>
+//                 Alexey Ponomarev <https://github.com/alexey-detr>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export class Mutex {
     /** Take the lock. */
     lock(callback: () => void): void;
     /** Wait the specified number of milliseconds to take the lock. If error is set, the lock wasn't taken. */
-    timedlock(ttl: number, callback: (error: Error) => void): void;
+    timedLock(ttl: number, callback: (error: Error) => void): void;
     /** Try taking the lock. If false, the lock wasn't taken. */
     tryLock(): boolean;
     /** Release the current lock. */
@@ -67,3 +68,11 @@ export class CondVariable {
     /** Set the conditional variable value. */
     set(value: any): void;
 }
+
+export function createCondVariable(initialValue: any): CondVariable;
+
+export function createSemaphore(initialValue: number): Semaphore;
+
+export function createMutex(): Mutex;
+
+export function createReadWriteLock(): ReadWriteLock;
diff --git a/types/locks/locks-tests.ts b/types/locks/locks-tests.ts
index 1e7d768a0c..94d66977e1 100644
--- a/types/locks/locks-tests.ts
+++ b/types/locks/locks-tests.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ import locks = require("locks");
 // Mutex
 const mutex: locks.Mutex = new locks.Mutex();
 mutex.lock(() => {});
+mutex.timedLock(1000, () => {});
 if (mutex.tryLock()) { console.log('Should not happen'); }
 mutex.unlock();
+const createMutex: locks.Mutex = locks.createMutex();
 
 // Semaphore
 const semaphore: locks.Semaphore = new locks.Semaphore(1);
 semaphore.wait(() => {});
 semaphore.wait(() => {});
 semaphore.signal();
+const createSemaphore: locks.Semaphore = locks.createSemaphore(1);
 
 // Read Write Lock
 const readWriteLock: locks.ReadWriteLock = new locks.ReadWriteLock();
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ readWriteLock.unlock();
 readWriteLock.writeLock(() => {});
 if (readWriteLock.tryWriteLock()) { console.log('Should not happen'); }
 readWriteLock.unlock();
+const createReadWriteLock: locks.ReadWriteLock = locks.createReadWriteLock();
 
 // Conditional Variable
 const condVariable: locks.CondVariable = new locks.CondVariable('ho');
@@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ if (condVariable.get() !== 'ho') { console.log('Should not happen'); }
 condVariable.wait('hi', () => {});
 condVariable.set('hi');
 if (condVariable.get() !== 'hi') { console.log('Should not happen'); }
+const createCondVariable: locks.CondVariable = locks.createCondVariable('ho');