diff --git a/streamjs/README.md b/streamjs/README.md
index 942817767..36f8ec46c 100644
--- a/streamjs/README.md
+++ b/streamjs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # StreamJS Type Definitions
 
+Note: this definition file is not for the StreamJS library available at http://streamjs.org but the one at
+http://winterbe.github.io/streamjs/ .
+
 Unsupported StreamJS function / method signatures:
  * Stream(collection) 
  * Stream(string) 
diff --git a/streamjs/streamjs-tests.ts b/streamjs/streamjs-tests.ts
index f83ec69e8..ca9d65183 100644
--- a/streamjs/streamjs-tests.ts
+++ b/streamjs/streamjs-tests.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var numStream: Stream<number>;
 numStream = Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
 numStream = Stream.range(1, 5);
 numStream = Stream.rangeClosed(1, 5);
-
+numStream = Stream.from([1, 2, 3]);
 Stream.generate(function() {
 	return 1;
 });
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var strStream = numStream
 					.takeWhile(/^aa.*$/)
 					.slice(5, 2)
 					;
-					
+strStream = Stream.from("foobar");
 var strArray = strStream.toArray();
 strArray = strStream.toList();
 strStream.each(s => console.log(s));
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class MyList {
 
 var elems: any[];
 
-var myStream = Stream.make([new MyList, new MyList]);
+var myStream = Stream.from([new MyList, new MyList]);
 elems = myStream
 	.flatMap(list => list.elems)
 	.toArray();
diff --git a/streamjs/streamjs.d.ts b/streamjs/streamjs.d.ts
index 81ed58a82..0db7cff72 100644
--- a/streamjs/streamjs.d.ts
+++ b/streamjs/streamjs.d.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-// Type definitions for streamjs 1.4.0
-// Project: https://github.com/winterbe/streamjs
+// Type definitions for streamjs 1.5.0
+// Project: http://winterbe.github.io/streamjs/
 // Definitions by: Bence Eros <https://github.com/erosb>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare class Stream<T> {
 	// static make <T> (...elems: T[]): Stream<T>;
-	static make <T> (elems: T[]): Stream<T>;
+	static from <T> (elems: T[]): Stream<T>;
+	static from(str: string): Stream<string>;
 	static of<T>(...elems: T[]): Stream<T>;
 	static range (startInclusive: number, endExclusive: number): Stream<number>;
 	static rangeClosed (startInclusive: number, endInclusive: number): Stream<number>;