diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/index.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/index.js
index bef8d923e3..87dfd6ed24 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/index.js
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ const multicodec = require('multicodec')
 const multihashing = require('multihashing-async')
 const multihash = multihashing.multihash
 const CID = require('cids')
-const IPFS = require('./components')
+const { create } = require('./components')
+
+/**
+ * Export IPFS instance type
+ *
+ * This will result in `export default import("./components")`
+ * in the generated `d.ts` file
+ *
+ * @typedef {import('./components')} default
+ */
 
 module.exports = {
-  create: IPFS.create,
+  create,
   crypto,
   isIPFS,
   CID,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/src/index.js b/packages/ipfs/src/index.js
index 0ca85a967e..3528959325 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/src/index.js
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@
 
 const IPFS = require('ipfs-core')
 
+/**
+ * Export IPFS instance type
+ *
+ * This will overlap onto the default export
+ * in the generated `d.ts` file
+ *
+ * @typedef {import('ipfs-core').default} IPFS
+ */
+
 module.exports = IPFS