diff --git a/underscore/underscore.d.ts b/underscore/underscore.d.ts
index 7d9c84f826..9736c28795 100644
--- a/underscore/underscore.d.ts
+++ b/underscore/underscore.d.ts
@@ -1472,8 +1472,9 @@ interface UnderscoreStatic {
 	* @param settings Settings to use while compiling.
 	* @return Returns the compiled Underscore HTML template.
 	**/
-	template(templateString: string, data?: any, settings?: _.TemplateSettings): (...data: any[]) => string;
-
+	template(templateString: string): (...data: any[]) => string;
+    	template(templateString: string, data: any, settings?: _.TemplateSettings): string;
+    	
 	/**
 	* By default, Underscore uses ERB-style template delimiters, change the
 	* following template settings to use alternative delimiters.