diff --git a/types/vfile/index.d.ts b/types/vfile/index.d.ts
index df729e0a49..d1f3321ab7 100644
--- a/types/vfile/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/vfile/index.d.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 /// <reference types='node' />
 
 import * as Unist from 'unist';
+import * as vfileMessage from 'vfile-message';
 
 declare namespace vfile {
     type VFileContents = string | Buffer;
@@ -29,45 +30,6 @@ declare namespace vfile {
         [key: string]: any;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * File-related message describing something at certain position.
-     */
-    interface VFileMessage {
-        /**
-         * File-path, when the message was triggered.
-         */
-        file: string;
-        /**
-         * Category of message.
-         */
-        ruleId: string | null;
-        /**
-         * Reason for message.
-         */
-        reason: string;
-        /**
-         * Starting line of error.
-         */
-        line: number | null;
-        /**
-         * Starting column of error.
-         */
-        column: number | null;
-        /**
-         * Full range information, when available.
-         * Has start and end properties, both set to an object with line and column, set to number?.
-         */
-        location: Unist.Position;
-        /**
-         * Namespace of warning.
-         */
-        source: string | null;
-        /**
-         * If true, marks associated file as no longer processable.
-         */
-        fatal?: boolean | null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Associates a message with the file for `reason` at `position`.
      * When an error is passed in as `reason`, copies the stack.
@@ -76,7 +38,7 @@ declare namespace vfile {
      * @param position Place at which the message occurred in `vfile`.
      * @param ruleId Category of message.
      */
-    type Message = (reason: string, position?: Unist.Point | Unist.Position | NodeWithPosition, ruleId?: string) => VFileMessage;
+    type Message = (reason: string, position?: Unist.Point | Unist.Position | NodeWithPosition, ruleId?: string) => vfileMessage.VFileMessage;
     /**
      * Associates a fatal message with the file, then immediately throws it.
      * Note: fatal errors mean a file is no longer processable.
@@ -121,7 +83,7 @@ declare namespace vfile {
         /**
          * List of messages associated with the file.
          */
-        messages: VFileMessage[];
+        messages: vfileMessage.VFileMessage[];
         /**
          * Raw value.
          */
diff --git a/types/vfile/vfile-tests.ts b/types/vfile/vfile-tests.ts
index 5c14c8502b..36c0ac163e 100644
--- a/types/vfile/vfile-tests.ts
+++ b/types/vfile/vfile-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import vfile = require('vfile');
 import * as Unist from 'unist';
+import vfileMessage = require('vfile-message');
 
 // Instantiation
 const file: vfile.VFile = vfile();
@@ -15,24 +16,7 @@ file.dirname = '~';
 file.extname = '.md';
 file.basename = 'test.text';
 file.history = ['~/test.txt']; // => ['~/example.txt', '~/example.md', '~/index.text']
-file.messages = [{
-    file: '~/test.txt',
-    ruleId: '',
-    reason: '',
-    line: 1,
-    column: 1,
-    location: {
-        start: {
-            line: 1,
-            column: 1,
-        },
-        end: {
-            line: 1,
-            column: 1,
-        }
-    },
-    source: ''
-}];
+file.messages = [vfileMessage('random error')];
 
 const startPoint: Unist.Point = {
     line: 1,
@@ -46,7 +30,7 @@ const position: Unist.Position = {
     },
 };
 
-file.message('test', startPoint);
+const message: vfileMessage.VFileMessage = file.message('test', startPoint, 'test origin');
 file.message('test', position);
 file.message('test', {
     type: 'ramdom node',