diff --git a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
index d2685b1..2044783 100644
--- a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { initialize, LDFlagChangeset, LDOptions } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
-import { AsyncProviderConfig, defaultReactOptions, ProviderState } from './types';
+import { AsyncProviderConfig, defaultReactOptions } from './types';
 import { Provider } from './context';
 import { fetchFlags, getContextOrUser, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset } from './utils';
 import getFlagsProxy from './getFlagsProxy';
 import wrapperOptions from './wrapperOptions';
+import ProviderState from './providerState';
 
 /**
  * This is an async function which initializes LaunchDarkly's JS SDK (`launchdarkly-js-client-sdk`)
diff --git a/src/provider.test.tsx b/src/provider.test.tsx
index dca037c..1396c5a 100644
--- a/src/provider.test.tsx
+++ b/src/provider.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import ProviderState from './providerState';
+
 jest.mock('launchdarkly-js-client-sdk', () => {
   const actual = jest.requireActual('launchdarkly-js-client-sdk');
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ jest.mock('./context', () => ({ Provider: 'Provider' }));
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { create } from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { initialize, LDClient, LDContext, LDFlagChangeset, LDOptions } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
-import { LDReactOptions, EnhancedComponent, ProviderConfig, ProviderState } from './types';
+import { LDReactOptions, EnhancedComponent, ProviderConfig } from './types';
 import { ReactSdkContext as HocState } from './context';
 import LDProvider from './provider';
 import { fetchFlags } from './utils';
diff --git a/src/provider.tsx b/src/provider.tsx
index c3bb20a..c741ec3 100644
--- a/src/provider.tsx
+++ b/src/provider.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import React, { Component, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { initialize, LDClient, LDFlagChangeset, LDFlagSet } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
-import { EnhancedComponent, ProviderConfig, defaultReactOptions, LDReactOptions, ProviderState } from './types';
-import { Provider, ReactSdkContext } from './context';
+import { EnhancedComponent, ProviderConfig, defaultReactOptions, LDReactOptions } from './types';
+import { Provider } from './context';
 import { camelCaseKeys, fetchFlags, getContextOrUser, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset } from './utils';
 import getFlagsProxy from './getFlagsProxy';
 import wrapperOptions from './wrapperOptions';
+import ProviderState from './providerState';
 
 /**
  * The `LDProvider` is a component which accepts a config object which is used to
diff --git a/src/providerState.ts b/src/providerState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f47ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providerState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { LDClient, LDFlagSet } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
+import { LDFlagKeyMap } from './types';
+
+interface ProviderState {
+  error?: Error;
+  flagKeyMap: LDFlagKeyMap;
+  flags: LDFlagSet;
+  ldClient?: LDClient;
+  unproxiedFlags: LDFlagSet;
+}
+
+export default ProviderState;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 393704a..ed96f3d 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { LDClient, LDContext, LDFlagSet, LDOptions } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { ReactSdkContext } from './context';
 
 /**
  * Initialization options for the LaunchDarkly React SDK. These are in addition to the options exposed
@@ -96,8 +95,9 @@ export interface ProviderConfig {
   /**
    *  The amount of time, in seconds, to wait for initialization before rejecting the promise.
    *  Using a large timeout is not recommended. If you use a large timeout and await it, then
-   *  any network delays will cause your application to wait a long time before
-   *  continuing execution.
+   *  any network delays will cause your application to wait a long time before continuing
+   *  execution. This gets passed to the underlying Javascript SDK `waitForInitialization`
+   *  function.
    */
   timeout?: number;
 }
@@ -156,12 +156,4 @@ export interface LDFlagKeyMap {
   [camelCasedKey: string]: string;
 }
 
-export interface ProviderState {
-  error?: Error;
-  flagKeyMap: LDFlagKeyMap;
-  flags: LDFlagSet;
-  ldClient?: LDClient;
-  unproxiedFlags: LDFlagSet;
-}
-
 export * from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
diff --git a/src/withLDProvider.test.tsx b/src/withLDProvider.test.tsx
index a644991..ccb4d0e 100644
--- a/src/withLDProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/src/withLDProvider.test.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { create } from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { initialize, LDContext, LDFlagChangeset, LDOptions } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
 import withLDProvider from './withLDProvider';
-import { EnhancedComponent, ProviderState } from './types';
+import { EnhancedComponent } from './types';
 import LDProvider from './provider';
 import { fetchFlags } from './utils';
+import ProviderState from './providerState';
 
 const clientSideID = 'test-client-side-id';
 const App = () => <div>My App</div>;