diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 0abd7518be4e196bc50af56bec7e9ed61584ea85..403fd1af792468e38baedfc9b56576f378a90424 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ export interface AxiosInterceptorManager<V> {
 }
 
 export interface AxiosInstance {
+  (config: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosPromise;
+  (url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosPromise;
   defaults: AxiosRequestConfig;
   interceptors: {
     request: AxiosInterceptorManager<AxiosRequestConfig>;
@@ -116,8 +118,6 @@ export interface AxiosInstance {
 }
 
 export interface AxiosStatic extends AxiosInstance {
-  (config: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosPromise;
-  (url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosPromise;
   create(config?: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosInstance;
   Cancel: CancelStatic;
   CancelToken: CancelTokenStatic;
diff --git a/test/typescript/axios.ts b/test/typescript/axios.ts
index 631334eff60f7af3fc70a37a9a9e9755c858e970..5afadd9eb5bfe7a7f71dbf9cea76786be0fe0ed0 100644
--- a/test/typescript/axios.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/axios.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ axios.patch<User>('/user', { foo: 'bar' })
 const instance1: AxiosInstance = axios.create();
 const instance2: AxiosInstance = axios.create(config);
 
+instance1(config)
+  .then(handleResponse)
+  .catch(handleError);
+
 instance1.request(config)
   .then(handleResponse)
   .catch(handleError);