diff --git a/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts b/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
index 2dfd15618..3501a6efc 100644
--- a/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
+++ b/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ URI('').setSearch('foo', 'bar');
 URI('').setSearch({ foo: 'bar' });
 
 var uri: uri.URI = $('a').uri();
+
+URI('http://example.org/foo/hello.html').segment('bar');
+URI('http://example.org/foo/hello.html').segment(0, 'bar');
+URI('http://example.org/foo/hello.html').segment(['foo', 'bar', 'foobar.html']);
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diff --git a/urijs/URIjs.d.ts b/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
index 7bab32074..a41e06cbf 100644
--- a/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
+++ b/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ declare module uri {
         search(qry: boolean): any;
         search(qry: Object): URI;
         segment(): string[];
-        segment(segments: string[]): string;
+        segment(segments: string[]): URI;
         segment(position: number): string;
-        segment(position: number, level: string): string;
-        segment(level: string): string;
+        segment(position: number, level: string): URI;
+        segment(segment: string): URI;
         setQuery(key: string, value: string): URI;
         setQuery(qry: Object): URI;
         setSearch(key: string, value: string): URI;