diff --git a/types/pg/index.d.ts b/types/pg/index.d.ts
index 954f9f4bd6a841..4782e9a5b90b3a 100644
--- a/types/pg/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/pg/index.d.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ export class Pool extends events.EventEmitter {
 export class ClientBase extends events.EventEmitter {
     constructor(config?: string | ClientConfig);
 
-    connect(): Promise<void>;
-    connect(callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+    connect(): Promise<ClientBase>;
+    connect(callback: ((err: Error) => void) | ((err: null, c: ClientBase) => void)): void;
 
     query<T extends Submittable>(queryStream: T): T;
     // tslint:disable:no-unnecessary-generics
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ export class Client extends ClientBase {
 
     constructor(config?: string | ClientConfig);
 
+    connect(): Promise<Client>;
+    connect(callback: ((err: Error) => void) | ((err: null, c: Client) => void)): void;
+
     end(): Promise<void>;
     end(callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
 }
@@ -342,8 +345,8 @@ import * as Pg from ".";
 export const native: typeof Pg | null;
 
 export { DatabaseError } from "pg-protocol";
-import TypeOverrides = require("./lib/type-overrides");
 export { TypeOverrides };
+import TypeOverrides = require("./lib/type-overrides");
 
 export class Result<R extends QueryResultRow = any> implements QueryResult<R> {
     command: string;
diff --git a/types/pg/package.json b/types/pg/package.json
index 2ccdf737d260ca..afda2d97573cf2 100644
--- a/types/pg/package.json
+++ b/types/pg/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "private": true,
     "name": "@types/pg",
-    "version": "8.16.9999",
+    "version": "8.18.9999",
     "projects": [
         "https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres"
     ],
diff --git a/types/pg/pg-tests.ts b/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
index 3ed4e80c0b0e34..750dcc54a69dcd 100644
--- a/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
+++ b/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ const escapeIdentifier: (str: string) => string = pg.escapeIdentifier;
 const escapeLiteral: (str: string) => string = pg.escapeLiteral;
 
 client.on("notice", (notice: NoticeMessage) => console.warn(`${notice.severity}: ${notice.message}`));
-client.connect(err => {
+client.connect((err, c) => {
     if (err) {
         console.error("Could not connect to postgres", err);
         return;
     }
-    client.query("SELECT NOW() AS 'theTime'", (err, result) => {
+    c.query("SELECT NOW() AS 'theTime'", (err, result) => {
         if (err) {
             console.error("Error running query", err);
             return;
         }
         console.log(result.rowCount);
         console.log(result.rows[0]["theTime"]);
-        client.end();
+        c.end();
         return null;
     });
     return null;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ client.on("end", () => console.log("Client was disconnected."));
 
 client
     .connect()
-    .then(() => console.log("connected"))
+    .then((c) => console.log("connected"))
     .catch(e => console.error("connection error", e.stack));
 
 client.query("SELECT NOW()", (err, res) => {