diff --git a/types/hapi/index.d.ts b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
index ccf39dde5f877f..6b8bec99616c04 100644
--- a/types/hapi/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ export interface RouteAuthAccessConfiguationObject {
 /**
  * For context see RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions > cache
  */
-export type RouteCacheOptions = {
+export interface RouteCacheOptions {
     /**
      * determines the privacy flag included in client-side caching using the 'Cache-Control' header. Values are:
      *  * 'default' - no privacy flag. This is the default setting.
@@ -834,17 +834,15 @@ export type RouteCacheOptions = {
      *  * 'private' - mark the response as suitable only for private caching.
      */
     privacy?: 'default' | 'public' | 'private';
+    /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
+    expiresIn?: number;
+    /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
+    expiresAt?: string;
+    /** an array of HTTP response status codes (e.g. 200) which are allowed to include a valid caching directive. Defaults to [200]. */
     statuses?: number[];
     /** a string with the value of the 'Cache-Control' header when caching is disabled. Defaults to 'no-cache'. */
     otherwise?: string;
-} & ({
-        /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
-        expiresIn: number;
-    } | {
-        /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
-        expiresAt: string;
-    } | {}
-);
+}
 
 /**
  * For context see RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions > cors
diff --git a/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts b/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
index 35715abfbc4081..80f2789ae0b7cd 100644
--- a/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ cache = {
     expiresAt: '22:44',
 };
 
-cache = {
-    privacy: 'default',
-    statuses: [200, 201],
-    /* typings should cause this to error, but currently does not
-    expiresAt: 5000,
-    */
-};
-
-/* typings should cause this to error, but currently does not
+// /* typings should cause this to error, but currently does not
 var cache: Hapi.RouteCacheOptions = {
     expiresIn: 5000,
     expiresAt: '22:44',
 };
-*/
+// */