diff --git a/yamljs/yamljs-tests.ts b/yamljs/yamljs-tests.ts
index 9780c504d..7d4080b33 100644
--- a/yamljs/yamljs-tests.ts
+++ b/yamljs/yamljs-tests.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ yamljs.load('yaml-testfile.yml');
 
 yamljs.parse('this_is_no_ymlstring');
 
-yamljs.stringify({ a : 'val', b : { ba : 123, bb : 'nothing' }});
+yamljs.stringify({ a: 'val', b: { ba: 123, bb: 'nothing' } });
 
-yamljs.stringify({ a : 'val', b : { ba : 123, bb : 'nothing' }}, 1);
+yamljs.stringify({ a: 'val', b: { ba: 123, bb: 'nothing' } }, 1);
 
-yamljs.stringify({ a : 'val', b : { ba : 123, bb : 'nothing' }}, 1, 2);
\ No newline at end of file
+yamljs.stringify({ a: 'val', b: { ba: 123, bb: 'nothing' } }, 1, 2);
diff --git a/yamljs/yamljs.d.ts b/yamljs/yamljs.d.ts
index a0f948fe6..69efeafd3 100644
--- a/yamljs/yamljs.d.ts
+++ b/yamljs/yamljs.d.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 // Definitions by: Tim Jonischkat <http://www.tim-jonischkat.de>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
 
-declare var YAML: {
-    load(path : string) : any;
+declare namespace YAML {
+    function load(path: string): any;
 
-    stringify(nativeObject : any, inline? : number, spaces? : number) : string;
+    function stringify(nativeObject: any, inline?: number, spaces?: number): string;
 
-    parse(yamlString : string) : any;
-};
+    function parse(yamlString: string): any;
+}
 
 declare module "yamljs" {
     export = YAML;