diff --git a/types/npm/index.d.ts b/types/npm/index.d.ts
index 066a932440..3051fba096 100644
--- a/types/npm/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/npm/index.d.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ declare namespace NPM {
     //#region Commands Interfaces
 
     export interface Commands {
-        // Commands
         install: CommandFunction;
         uninstall: CommandFunction;
         cache: CommandFunction;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ declare namespace NPM {
         "help-search": CommandFunction;
         ls: CommandFunction;
         search: CommandFunction;
-        view: CommandFunction;
         init: CommandFunction;
         version: CommandFunction;
         edit: CommandFunction;
@@ -82,6 +80,16 @@ declare namespace NPM {
         bin: CommandFunction;
         whoami: CommandFunction;
 
+        // view and its aliases
+        view(args: string[], callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        view(args: string[], silent: boolean, callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        info(args: string[], callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        info(args: string[], silent: boolean, callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        show(args: string[], callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        show(args: string[], silent: boolean, callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        v(args: string[], callback: CommandCallback): void;
+        v(args: string[], silent: boolean, callback: CommandCallback): void;
+
         test: CommandFunction;
         stop: CommandFunction;
         start: CommandFunction;
@@ -103,8 +111,6 @@ declare namespace NPM {
         isntall: CommandFunction;          // install
         up: CommandFunction;               // update
         c: CommandFunction;                // config
-        info: CommandFunction;             // view
-        show: CommandFunction;             // view
         find: CommandFunction;             // search
         s: CommandFunction;                // search
         se: CommandFunction;               // search
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ declare namespace NPM {
         t: CommandFunction;                // test
         "find-dupes": CommandFunction;     // dedupe
         ddp: CommandFunction;              // dedupe
-        v: CommandFunction;                // view
+
 
         // plumbing
         build: CommandFunction;
@@ -129,11 +135,9 @@ declare namespace NPM {
         visnup: CommandFunction;
 
     }
-
     export interface CommandFunction {
         (args: string[], callback: CommandCallback): void;
     }
-
     export interface CommandCallback {
         (err?: Error, result?: any, result2?: any, result3?: any, result4?: any): void;
     }
diff --git a/types/npm/npm-tests.ts b/types/npm/npm-tests.ts
index 460e6f450a..b784ab7d4b 100644
--- a/types/npm/npm-tests.ts
+++ b/types/npm/npm-tests.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * Created by using code samples from https://github.com/npm/npm#using-npm-programmatically.
 */
 
-import npm = require("npm");
+import * as npm from 'npm';
 
 npm.load({}, function (er) {
     if (er) {
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ npm.load({}, function (er) {
         // command succeeded, and data might have some info
     });
 
+    npm.commands.view(["some", "args"], true, function () {}); // silent: true
+    npm.commands.view(["some", "args"], function () {});
+
     npm.on("log", function (message: string) {
         console.log(message);
     });
-    
+
     npm.config.set('audit', false);
 })