diff --git a/connect-timeout/connect-timeout-tests.ts b/connect-timeout/connect-timeout-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="connect-timeout.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../body-parser/body-parser.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../cookie-parser/cookie-parser.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../express/express.d.ts" />
+
+import express = require("express");
+import timeout = require("connect-timeout");
+import bodyParser = require("body-parser");
+import cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
+
+// example of using this top-level; note the use of haltOnTimedout
+// after every middleware; it will stop the request flow on a timeout
+var app = express();
+app.use(timeout("5s", { respond: false }));
+app.use(bodyParser());
+app.use(haltOnTimedout);
+app.use(cookieParser());
+app.use(haltOnTimedout);
+
+// Add your routes here, etc.
+
+function haltOnTimedout(req, res, next) {
+    if (!req.timedout) {
+        next();
+    }
+}
+
+app.listen(3000);
diff --git a/connect-timeout/connect-timeout.d.ts b/connect-timeout/connect-timeout.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for connect-timeout
+// Project: https://github.com/expressjs/timeout
+// Definitions by: Cyril Schumacher <https://github.com/cyrilschumacher/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../express/express.d.ts" />
+
+declare module Express {
+    export interface Request {
+        /**
+         * @summary Clears the timeout on the request.
+         */
+        clearTimeout(): void;
+
+        /**
+         *
+         * @return {boolean} true if timeout fired; false otherwise.
+         */
+        timedout(event: string, message: string): boolean;
+    }
+}
+
+declare module "connect-timeout" {
+    import express = require("express");
+
+    interface TimeoutOptions extends Object {
+        /**
+         * @summary Controls if this module will "respond" in the form of forwarding an error.
+         * @type {boolean}
+         */
+        respond: boolean;
+    }
+
+    function timeout(timeout: string, options?: TimeoutOptions): express.RequestHandler;
+    export = timeout;
+}