diff --git a/types/format-duration/format-duration-tests.ts b/types/format-duration/format-duration-tests.ts
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+import formatDuration  = require("format-duration");
+
+const milliseconds = 12345;
+
+const duration: string = formatDuration(milliseconds);
diff --git a/types/format-duration/index.d.ts b/types/format-duration/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/format-duration/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for format-duration 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/ungoldman/format-duration
+// Definitions by: Giles Roadnight <https://github.com/Roaders>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare function formatDuration(ms: number): string;
+
+export = formatDuration;
diff --git a/types/format-duration/tsconfig.json b/types/format-duration/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "format-duration-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/format-duration/tslint.json b/types/format-duration/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }