diff --git a/types/parsimmon/index.d.ts b/types/parsimmon/index.d.ts
index 3ec225f38d..c25ab020de 100644
--- a/types/parsimmon/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/parsimmon/index.d.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,48 @@ declare namespace Parsimmon {
 	function Parser<T>(fn: (input: string, i: number) => Parsimmon.Reply<T>): Parser<T>;
 
 	/**
-	 * Starting point for building a language parser in Parsimmon
+	 * Starting point for building a language parser in Parsimmon.
+	 *
+	 * For having the resulting language rules return typed parsers, e.g. `Parser<Foo>` instead of
+	 * `Parser<any>`, pass a language specification as type parameter to this function. The language
+	 * specification should be of the following form:
+	 *
+	 * ```javascript
+	 * {
+	 *   rule1: type;
+	 *   rule2: type;
+	 * }
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * For example:
+	 *
+	 * ```javascript
+	 * const language = Parsimmon.createLanguage<{
+	 *   expr: Expr;
+	 *   numberLiteral: number;
+	 *   stringLiteral: string;
+	 * }>({
+	 *   expr: r => (some expression that yields Parser<Expr>),
+	 *   numberLiteral: r => (some expression that yields Parser<number>),
+	 *   stringLiteral: r => (some expression that yields Parser<string>)
+	 * });
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * Now both `language` and the parameter `r` that is passed into every parser rule will be of the
+	 * following type:
+	 *
+	 * ```javascript
+	 * {
+	 *   expr: Parser<Expr>;
+	 *   numberLiteral: Parser<number>;
+	 *   stringLiteral: Parser<string>;
+	 * }
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * Another benefit is that both the `rules` parameter and the resulting `language` should match the
+	 * properties defined in the language specification type, which means that the compiler checks that
+	 * there are no missing or superfluous rules in the language definition, and that the rules you access
+	 * on the resulting language do actually exist.
 	 */
 	function createLanguage(rules: Rule): Language;
 	function createLanguage<TLanguageSpec>(rules: TypedRule<TLanguageSpec>): TypedLanguage<TLanguageSpec>;