diff --git a/types/linkify-issues/index.d.ts b/types/linkify-issues/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for linkify-issues 1.3
+// Project: https://github.com/sindresorhus/linkify-issues#readme
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export = linkifyIssues;
+
+declare function linkifyIssues(input: string, options?: linkifyIssues.TypeStringOptions): string;
+declare function linkifyIssues(
+    input: string,
+    options: linkifyIssues.TypeDomOptions
+): DocumentFragment;
+
+declare namespace linkifyIssues {
+    interface BaseOptions {
+        user: string;
+        repo: string;
+        attributes?: { [attrName: string]: string | number | boolean | Array<string | number> };
+        baseUrl?: string;
+    }
+
+    interface TypeStringOptions extends BaseOptions {
+        type?: 'string';
+    }
+
+    interface TypeDomOptions extends BaseOptions {
+        type: 'dom';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/linkify-issues/linkify-issues-tests.ts b/types/linkify-issues/linkify-issues-tests.ts
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+import linkifyIssues = require('linkify-issues');
+
+// $ExpectType string
+linkifyIssues('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
+    user: 'sindresorhus',
+    repo: 'dofle',
+});
+// $ExpectType string
+linkifyIssues('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
+    user: 'sindresorhus',
+    repo: 'dofle',
+    attributes: {
+        class: 'unicorn',
+        multiple: ['a', 'b'],
+        number: 1,
+        exclude: false,
+        include: true,
+    },
+});
+// $ExpectType string
+linkifyIssues('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
+    user: 'sindresorhus',
+    repo: 'dofle',
+    type: 'string',
+});
+
+const fragment = linkifyIssues('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
+    user: 'sindresorhus',
+    repo: 'dofle',
+    type: 'dom',
+});
+
+// $ExpectType DocumentFragment
+fragment;
+
+document.body.appendChild(fragment);
diff --git a/types/linkify-issues/tsconfig.json b/types/linkify-issues/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "linkify-issues-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/linkify-issues/tslint.json b/types/linkify-issues/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }