diff --git a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
index ee44b59fd0..43485aa2fa 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export interface ServiceMethods<
   ServiceParams = Params,
   PatchData = Partial<Data>
 > {
-  find(params?: ServiceParams & { paginate?: PaginationParams }): Promise<Result | Result[]>
+  find(params?: ServiceParams & { paginate?: PaginationParams }): Promise<Paginated<Result> | Result[]>
 
   get(id: Id, params?: ServiceParams): Promise<Result>
 
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ export interface ServiceOverloads<
   ServiceParams = Params,
   PatchData = Partial<Data>
 > {
+  find?(
+    params?: ServiceParams & {
+      paginate: false
+    }
+  ): Promise<Result[]>
+
+  find?(
+    params?: ServiceParams & {
+      paginate?: PaginationOptions
+    }
+  ): Promise<Paginated<Result>>
+
   create?(data: Data[], params?: ServiceParams): Promise<Result[]>
 
   update?(id: Id, data: Data, params?: ServiceParams): Promise<Result>
diff --git a/packages/transport-commons/src/client.ts b/packages/transport-commons/src/client.ts
index 428cac4a92..460ec8153a 100644
--- a/packages/transport-commons/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-commons/src/client.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
 import { convert } from '@feathersjs/errors'
 import { createDebug } from '@feathersjs/commons'
-import { Id, NullableId, Params, ServiceInterface } from '@feathersjs/feathers'
+import { Id, NullableId, Paginated, Params, ServiceInterface } from '@feathersjs/feathers'
 
 const debug = createDebug('@feathersjs/transport-commons/client')
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class Service<T = any, D = Partial<T>, P extends Params = Params>
   }
 
   _find(params: Params = {}) {
-    return this.send<T | T[]>('find', params.query || {})
+    return this.send<Paginated<T> | T[]>('find', params.query || {})
   }
 
   find(params: Params = {}) {