diff --git a/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts b/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41a5eb80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+///
+
+import rp = require('request-promise');
+
+rp('http://www.google.com')
+ .then(console.dir)
+ .catch(console.error);
+
+var options: rp.Options = {
+ uri : 'http://posttestserver.com/post.php',
+ method : 'POST'
+};
+
+rp(options)
+ .then(console.dir)
+ .catch(console.error);
+
diff --git a/request-promise/request-promise.d.ts b/request-promise/request-promise.d.ts
index b2a6f2da2..bdc2764a2 100644
--- a/request-promise/request-promise.d.ts
+++ b/request-promise/request-promise.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-// Type definitions for request-promise (v0.4.2)
-// Definitions by: Christopher Glantschnig
+// Type definitions for request-promise v0.4.2
+// Project: https://www.npmjs.com/package/request-promise
+// Definitions by: Christopher Glantschnig
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
///
///
@@ -14,9 +16,8 @@ declare module 'request-promise' {
export = RequestPromiseAPI;
- function RequestPromiseAPI(uri: string, options?: RequestPromiseAPI.Options): Promise;
+ function RequestPromiseAPI(options: RequestPromiseAPI.Options): request.Request;
function RequestPromiseAPI(uri: string): Promise;
- function RequestPromiseAPI(options: RequestPromiseAPI.Options, callback?: (error: any, response: http.IncomingMessage, body: any) => void): request.Request;
module RequestPromiseAPI {
export interface Options extends request.Options {