diff --git a/types/ini/index.d.ts b/types/ini/index.d.ts
index f534ff1b8d..4efacfe182 100644
--- a/types/ini/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ini/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for ini v1.3.3
 // Project: https://github.com/isaacs/ini
 // Definitions by: Marcin Porębski <https://github.com/marcinporebski>
+//                 Chris Arnesen <https://github.com/carnesen>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 interface EncodeOptions {
@@ -8,9 +9,13 @@ interface EncodeOptions {
     whitespace: boolean
 }
 
-export function decode(inistring: string): any;
-export function parse(initstring: string): any;
-export function encode(object: any, options?: EncodeOptions): string;
-export function stringify(object: any, options?: EncodeOptions): string;
+export function decode(str: string): {
+  [key: string]: any;
+};
+export function parse(str: string): {
+  [key: string]: any;
+};
+export function encode(object: any, options?: EncodeOptions | string): string;
+export function stringify(object: any, options?: EncodeOptions | string): string;
 export function safe(val: string): string;
 export function unsafe(val: string): string;