diff --git a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/parsing_plugins.ts b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/parsing_plugins.ts
index 3fcf8d80a6f..8a3df7a6b06 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/parsing_plugins.ts
+++ b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/parsing_plugins.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ import * as MarkdownTooltip from '../markdown_tooltip';
 import * as MarkdownCheckbox from '../markdown_checkbox';
 import { markdownLinkValidator } from '../markdown_link_validator';
 
+export type DefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins = PluggableList;
+
 export const getDefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins = ({
   exclude,
-}: { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> } = {}): PluggableList => {
+}: { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> } = {}): DefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins => {
   const excludeSet = new Set(exclude);
   const parsingPlugins: PluggableList = [
     [markdown, {}],
diff --git a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/plugins.ts b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/plugins.ts
index 957afff2d6d..77c658f14c2 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/plugins.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,26 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { getDefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins } from './ui_plugins';
-import { getDefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins } from './parsing_plugins';
-import { getDefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins } from './processing_plugins';
+import {
+  getDefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins,
+  DefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins,
+} from './ui_plugins';
+import {
+  getDefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins,
+  DefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins,
+} from './parsing_plugins';
+import {
+  getDefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins,
+  DefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins,
+} from './processing_plugins';
 
 export const getDefaultEuiMarkdownPlugins = (
   config: undefined | { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> }
-) => ({
+): {
+  parsingPlugins: DefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins;
+  processingPlugins: DefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins;
+  uiPlugins: DefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins;
+} => ({
   parsingPlugins: getDefaultEuiMarkdownParsingPlugins(config),
   processingPlugins: getDefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins(config),
   uiPlugins: getDefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins(config),
diff --git a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/processing_plugins.tsx b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/processing_plugins.tsx
index fa53ec8ce32..98b6df133f9 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/processing_plugins.tsx
+++ b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/processing_plugins.tsx
@@ -44,16 +44,18 @@ export interface Rehype2ReactOptions {
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
+export type DefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins = [
+  [Plugin, Remark2RehypeOptions], // first is well known
+  [typeof rehype2react, Rehype2ReactOptions], // second is well known
+  ...PluggableList // any additional are generic
+];
+
 export const getDefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins = ({
   exclude,
 }: { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> } = {}) => {
   const excludeSet = new Set(exclude);
 
-  const plugins: [
-    [Plugin, Remark2RehypeOptions], // first is well known
-    [typeof rehype2react, Rehype2ReactOptions], // second is well known
-    ...PluggableList // any additional are generic
-  ] = [
+  const plugins: DefaultEuiMarkdownProcessingPlugins = [
     [
       remark2rehype,
       {
diff --git a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/ui_plugins.ts b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/ui_plugins.ts
index 7e5c0e548da..0b885654aff 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/ui_plugins.ts
+++ b/src/components/markdown_editor/plugins/markdown_default_plugins/ui_plugins.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 import * as MarkdownTooltip from '../markdown_tooltip';
 import { EuiMarkdownEditorUiPlugin } from './../../markdown_types';
 
+export type DefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins = EuiMarkdownEditorUiPlugin[];
+
 export const getDefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins = ({
   exclude,
-}: { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> } = {}): EuiMarkdownEditorUiPlugin[] => {
+}: { exclude?: Array<'tooltip'> } = {}): DefaultEuiMarkdownUiPlugins => {
   const excludeSet = new Set(exclude);
   const uiPlugins = [];