diff --git a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.baseformatterspublic.md b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.baseformatterspublic.md
index 50e8f2409ac02..ddbf1a8459d1f 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.baseformatterspublic.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.baseformatterspublic.md
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-baseFormattersPublic: (import("../../common").IFieldFormatType | typeof DateFormat)[]
+baseFormattersPublic: (import("../../common").FieldFormatInstanceType | typeof DateFormat)[]
 ```
diff --git a/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.plugin.setup.md b/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.plugin.setup.md
index 5c2f542204079..4d7a0b3cfbbca 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.plugin.setup.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.plugin.setup.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ```typescript
 setup(core: CoreSetup, { usageCollection }: DataPluginSetupDependencies): {
         fieldFormats: {
-            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").IFieldFormatType) => number;
+            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").FieldFormatInstanceType) => number;
         };
         search: ISearchSetup;
     };
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(core: CoreSetup, { usageCollection }: DataPluginSetupDependencies): {
 
 `{
         fieldFormats: {
-            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").IFieldFormatType) => number;
+            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").FieldFormatInstanceType) => number;
         };
         search: ISearchSetup;
     }`
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/constants/base_formatters.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/constants/base_formatters.ts
index 6befe8cea71f5..921c50571f727 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/constants/base_formatters.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/constants/base_formatters.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { IFieldFormatType } from '../types';
+import { FieldFormatInstanceType } from '../types';
 
 import {
   BoolFormat,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {
   UrlFormat,
 } from '../converters';
 
-export const baseFormatters: IFieldFormatType[] = [
+export const baseFormatters: FieldFormatInstanceType[] = [
   BoolFormat,
   BytesFormat,
   ColorFormat,
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/custom.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/custom.ts
index a1ce0cf3e7b54..4dd011a7feff3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/custom.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/custom.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 
 import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
-import { TextContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS, IFieldFormatType } from '../types';
+import { TextContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS, FieldFormatInstanceType } from '../types';
 
-export const createCustomFieldFormat = (convert: TextContextTypeConvert): IFieldFormatType =>
+export const createCustomFieldFormat = (convert: TextContextTypeConvert): FieldFormatInstanceType =>
   class CustomFieldFormat extends FieldFormat {
     static id = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS.CUSTOM;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
index 49baa8c074da8..96d0024dff2a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_format.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { createCustomFieldFormat } from './converters/custom';
 import {
   FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
   FieldFormatsContentType,
-  IFieldFormatType,
+  FieldFormatInstanceType,
   FieldFormatConvert,
   FieldFormatConvertFunction,
   HtmlContextTypeOptions,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export abstract class FieldFormat {
     };
   }
 
-  static from(convertFn: FieldFormatConvertFunction): IFieldFormatType {
+  static from(convertFn: FieldFormatConvertFunction): FieldFormatInstanceType {
     return createCustomFieldFormat(convertFn);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
index 0b32a62744fb1..f04524505a711 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 import { FieldFormatsRegistry } from './field_formats_registry';
 import { BoolFormat, PercentFormat, StringFormat } from './converters';
-import { FieldFormatsGetConfigFn, IFieldFormatType } from './types';
+import { FieldFormatsGetConfigFn, FieldFormatInstanceType } from './types';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../common';
 
 const getValueOfPrivateField = (instance: any, field: string) => instance[field];
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ describe('FieldFormatsRegistry', () => {
     test('should register field formats', () => {
       fieldFormatsRegistry.register([StringFormat, BoolFormat]);
 
-      const registeredFieldFormatters: Map<string, IFieldFormatType> = getValueOfPrivateField(
-        fieldFormatsRegistry,
-        'fieldFormats'
-      );
+      const registeredFieldFormatters: Map<
+        string,
+        FieldFormatInstanceType
+      > = getValueOfPrivateField(fieldFormatsRegistry, 'fieldFormats');
 
       expect(registeredFieldFormatters.size).toBe(2);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
index 15b1687e22312..b0a57ad6912a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/field_formats_registry.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
   FieldFormatConfig,
   FIELD_FORMAT_IDS,
-  IFieldFormatType,
+  FieldFormatInstanceType,
   FieldFormatId,
   IFieldFormatMetaParams,
   IFieldFormat,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { SerializedFieldFormat } from '../../../expressions/common/types';
 import { ES_FIELD_TYPES, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../types';
 
 export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
-  protected fieldFormats: Map<FieldFormatId, IFieldFormatType> = new Map();
+  protected fieldFormats: Map<FieldFormatId, FieldFormatInstanceType> = new Map();
   protected defaultMap: Record<string, FieldFormatConfig> = {};
   protected metaParamsOptions: Record<string, any> = {};
   protected getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
   init(
     getConfig: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn,
     metaParamsOptions: Record<string, any> = {},
-    defaultFieldConverters: IFieldFormatType[] = baseFormatters
+    defaultFieldConverters: FieldFormatInstanceType[] = baseFormatters
   ) {
     const defaultTypeMap = getConfig('format:defaultTypeMap');
     this.register(defaultFieldConverters);
@@ -79,23 +79,23 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    * Get a derived FieldFormat class by its id.
    *
    * @param  {FieldFormatId} formatId - the format id
-   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
+   * @return {FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined}
    */
-  getType = (formatId: FieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
+  getType = (formatId: FieldFormatId): FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined => {
     const fieldFormat = this.fieldFormats.get(formatId);
 
     if (fieldFormat) {
       const decoratedFieldFormat: any = this.fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator(fieldFormat);
 
       if (decoratedFieldFormat) {
-        return decoratedFieldFormat as IFieldFormatType;
+        return decoratedFieldFormat as FieldFormatInstanceType;
       }
     }
 
     return undefined;
   };
 
-  getTypeWithoutMetaParams = (formatId: FieldFormatId): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
+  getTypeWithoutMetaParams = (formatId: FieldFormatId): FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined => {
     return this.fieldFormats.get(formatId);
   };
 
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
    * @param  {ES_FIELD_TYPES[]} esTypes - Array of ES data types
-   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
+   * @return {FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined}
    */
   getDefaultType = (
     fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES,
     esTypes: ES_FIELD_TYPES[]
-  ): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
+  ): FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined => {
     const config = this.getDefaultConfig(fieldType, esTypes);
 
     return this.getType(config.id);
@@ -206,14 +206,16 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    * Get filtered list of field formats by format type
    *
    * @param  {KBN_FIELD_TYPES} fieldType
-   * @return {IFieldFormatType[]}
+   * @return {FieldFormatInstanceType[]}
    */
-  getByFieldType(fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES): IFieldFormatType[] {
+  getByFieldType(fieldType: KBN_FIELD_TYPES): FieldFormatInstanceType[] {
     return [...this.fieldFormats.values()]
-      .filter((format: IFieldFormatType) => format && format.fieldType.indexOf(fieldType) !== -1)
+      .filter(
+        (format: FieldFormatInstanceType) => format && format.fieldType.indexOf(fieldType) !== -1
+      )
       .map(
-        (format: IFieldFormatType) =>
-          this.fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator(format) as IFieldFormatType
+        (format: FieldFormatInstanceType) =>
+          this.fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator(format) as FieldFormatInstanceType
       );
   }
 
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
     });
   }
 
-  register(fieldFormats: IFieldFormatType[]) {
+  register(fieldFormats: FieldFormatInstanceType[]) {
     fieldFormats.forEach(fieldFormat => this.fieldFormats.set(fieldFormat.id, fieldFormat));
   }
 
@@ -246,12 +248,12 @@ export class FieldFormatsRegistry {
    * FieldFormat decorator - provide a one way to add meta-params for all field formatters
    *
    * @private
-   * @param  {IFieldFormatType} fieldFormat - field format type
-   * @return {IFieldFormatType | undefined}
+   * @param  {FieldFormatInstanceType} fieldFormat - field format type
+   * @return {FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined}
    */
   private fieldFormatMetaParamsDecorator = (
-    fieldFormat: IFieldFormatType
-  ): IFieldFormatType | undefined => {
+    fieldFormat: FieldFormatInstanceType
+  ): FieldFormatInstanceType | undefined => {
     const getMetaParams = (customParams: Record<string, any>) => this.buildMetaParams(customParams);
 
     if (fieldFormat) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
index 13d3d9d73d43a..b64e115fd55ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ export {
   FieldFormatConfig,
   FieldFormatId,
   // Used in data plugin only
-  IFieldFormatType,
+  FieldFormatInstanceType,
   IFieldFormat,
 } from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
index 7c1d6a8522e52..5f11c7fe094bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/types.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
 import { FieldFormat } from './field_format';
-export { FieldFormat };
 
 /** @public **/
 export type FieldFormatsContentType = 'html' | 'text';
@@ -82,10 +80,12 @@ export type IFieldFormat = PublicMethodsOf<FieldFormat>;
  */
 export type FieldFormatId = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS | string;
 
-export type IFieldFormatType = (new (
+/** @internal **/
+export type FieldFormatInstanceType = (new (
   params?: any,
   getConfig?: FieldFormatsGetConfigFn
 ) => FieldFormat) & {
+  // Static properties:
   id: FieldFormatId;
   title: string;
   fieldType: string | string[];
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
index bfc56e11f2ce1..c2bf00bdc6608 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class AggTypeFilters {
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "baseFormattersPublic" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const baseFormattersPublic: (import("../../common").IFieldFormatType | typeof DateFormat)[];
+export const baseFormattersPublic: (import("../../common").FieldFormatInstanceType | typeof DateFormat)[];
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "BUCKET_TYPES" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
index 0dac64fb5dc1d..3404fe8cee9fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/field_formats/field_formats_service.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,20 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 import { has } from 'lodash';
-import { FieldFormatsRegistry, IFieldFormatType, baseFormatters } from '../../common/field_formats';
+import {
+  FieldFormatsRegistry,
+  FieldFormatInstanceType,
+  baseFormatters,
+} from '../../common/field_formats';
 import { IUiSettingsClient } from '../../../../core/server';
 import { DateFormat } from './converters';
 
 export class FieldFormatsService {
-  private readonly fieldFormatClasses: IFieldFormatType[] = [DateFormat, ...baseFormatters];
+  private readonly fieldFormatClasses: FieldFormatInstanceType[] = [DateFormat, ...baseFormatters];
 
   public setup() {
     return {
-      register: (customFieldFormat: IFieldFormatType) =>
+      register: (customFieldFormat: FieldFormatInstanceType) =>
         this.fieldFormatClasses.push(customFieldFormat),
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
index f8a9a7792c492..9b673de60ca65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ export class Plugin implements Plugin_2<PluginSetup, PluginStart> {
     // (undocumented)
     setup(core: CoreSetup, { usageCollection }: DataPluginSetupDependencies): {
         fieldFormats: {
-            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").IFieldFormatType) => number;
+            register: (customFieldFormat: import("../common").FieldFormatInstanceType) => number;
         };
         search: ISearchSetup;
     };