diff --git a/types/accepts/index.d.ts b/types/accepts/index.d.ts
index 1fef801986..08ac71e919 100644
--- a/types/accepts/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/accepts/index.d.ts
@@ -44,16 +44,14 @@ declare namespace accepts {
 
         /**
          * Return the first accepted type (and it is returned as the same text as what appears in the `types` array). If nothing in `types` is accepted, then `false` is returned.
+         * If no types are supplied, return the entire set of acceptable types.
          *
          * The `types` array can contain full MIME types or file extensions. Any value that is not a full MIME types is passed to `require('mime-types').lookup`.
          */
-        type(types: string[]): string | false;
-        type(...types: string[]): string | false;
-
-        /**
-         * Return the types that the request accepts, in the order of the client's preference (most preferred first).
-         */
-        types(): string[];
+        type(types: string[]): string[] | string | false;
+        type(...types: string[]): string[] | string | false;
+        types(types: string[]): string[] | string | false;
+        types(...types: string[]): string[] | string | false;
     }
 }