diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 0a170978..ee8048eb 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ declare type Twemoji = {
     fromCodePoint(hexCodePoint: string): string;
     toCodePoint(utf16surrogatePairs: string): string;
   };
-  parse(node: HTMLElement | string, options?: TwemojiOptions): void;
+  parse(node: HTMLElement | string, options?: TwemojiOptions): string;
 };
 
 declare module 'twemoji' {