diff --git a/extensions/typescript/snippets/typescript.json b/extensions/typescript/snippets/typescript.json
index b5c9a39e2538d..c2416086dd42a 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/snippets/typescript.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/snippets/typescript.json
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 	"Function Statement": {
 		"prefix": "function",
 		"body": [
-			"function ${1:name}(${2:params}:${3:type}) {",
+			"function ${1:name}(${2:params}:${3:type}): ${4:return} {",
 			"\t$0",
 			"}"
 		],