diff --git a/types/node-notifier/index.d.ts b/types/node-notifier/index.d.ts
index 5129ddb707..9f1e28b411 100644
--- a/types/node-notifier/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-notifier/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for node-notifier 6.0
+// Type definitions for node-notifier 8.0
 // Project: https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier
 // Definitions by: Qubo <https://github.com/tkQubo>
 //                 Lorenzo Rapetti <https://github.com/loryman>
diff --git a/types/node-notifier/node-notifier-tests.ts b/types/node-notifier/node-notifier-tests.ts
index 870510f403..4aac3e90a5 100644
--- a/types/node-notifier/node-notifier-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node-notifier/node-notifier-tests.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,29 @@ notifier6.notify({
     icon: __dirname + '/coulson.jpg',
     // .. and other notify-send flags:
     urgency: void 0,
-    time: void 0,
+    timeout: void 0,
+    category: void 0,
+    hint: void 0,
+});
+
+notifier6.notify({
+    title: 'Foo',
+    message: 'Hello World',
+    icon: __dirname + '/coulson.jpg',
+    wait: true,
+    // .. and other notify-send flags:
+    urgency: void 0,
+    category: void 0,
+    hint: void 0,
+});
+
+notifier6.notify({
+    title: 'Foo',
+    message: 'Hello World',
+    icon: __dirname + '/coulson.jpg',
+    timeout: false,
+    // .. and other notify-send flags:
+    urgency: void 0,
     category: void 0,
     hint: void 0,
 });
diff --git a/types/node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend.d.ts b/types/node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend.d.ts
index a2420d7eff..49cbbd9dcc 100644
--- a/types/node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend.d.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ declare namespace NotifySend {
         title?: string;
         message?: string;
         icon?: string;
+        /** Shorthand for timeout 5 seconds if true. Timeout option overrides wait */
+        wait?: boolean;
         /** Specifies the urgency level  (low,  normal,  critical). */
         urgency?: string;
-        /** Specifies  the  timeout  in  milliseconds at which to expire the notification */
-        time?: number;
+        /** Specifies  the  timeout  in  seconds at which to expire the notification. Defaults to 10 seconds */
+        timeout?: number | false;
         /** Specifies the notification category */
         category?: string;
         /** Specifies basic extra data to pass. Valid types are int, double, string and byte. */