diff --git a/test/types/models.test.ts b/test/types/models.test.ts
index a99f6ffa02..2575ad3133 100644
--- a/test/types/models.test.ts
+++ b/test/types/models.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import mongoose, {
   UpdateWriteOpResult,
   AggregateOptions,
   WithLevel1NestedPaths,
-  NestedPaths,
-  InferSchemaType
+  InferSchemaType,
+  DeleteResult
 } from 'mongoose';
 import { expectAssignable, expectError, expectType } from 'tsd';
 import { AutoTypedSchemaType, autoTypedSchema } from './schema.test';
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ function gh12100() {
 function modelRemoveOptions() {
   const cmodel = model('Test', new Schema());
 
-  cmodel.deleteOne({}, {});
+  const res: DeleteResult = await cmodel.deleteOne({}, {});
 }
 
 async function gh12286() {
diff --git a/types/models.d.ts b/types/models.d.ts
index 0a5e6e3a58..84fc412ba0 100644
--- a/types/models.d.ts
+++ b/types/models.d.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
   };
 
   type UpdateWriteOpResult = mongodb.UpdateResult;
+  type UpdateResult = mongodb.UpdateResult;
+  type DeleteResult = mongodb.DeleteResult;
 
   interface MapReduceOptions<T, K, R> {
     map: Function | string;