diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/frontmatter.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/frontmatter.ts
index b73440a7d..800e7399b 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/frontmatter.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DiagramDb } from './types';
 // The "* as yaml" part is necessary for tree-shaking
 import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ type FrontMatterMetadata = {
 /**
  * Extract and parse frontmatter from text, if present, and sets appropriate
  * properties in the provided db.
- * @param text -
- * @param db -
+ * @param text - The text that may have a YAML frontmatter.
+ * @param db - Diagram database, could be of any diagram.
  * @returns text with frontmatter stripped out
  */
-export function extractFrontMatter(text: string, db: any): string {
+export function extractFrontMatter(text: string, db: DiagramDb): string {
   const matches = text.match(frontMatterRegex);
   if (matches) {
     const parsed: FrontMatterMetadata = yaml.load(matches[1], {
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ export function extractFrontMatter(text: string, db: any): string {
       schema: yaml.FAILSAFE_SCHEMA,
     }) as FrontMatterMetadata;
 
-    if (parsed && parsed.title) {
-      db?.setDiagramTitle(parsed.title);
+    if (parsed?.title) {
+      db.setDiagramTitle?.(parsed.title);
     }
 
     return text.slice(matches[0].length);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/types.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/types.ts
index d45eac6aa..23810d133 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/types.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/types.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ export interface InjectUtils {
   _setupGraphViewbox: any;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generic Diagram DB that may apply to any diagram type.
+ */
+export interface DiagramDb {
+  clear?: () => void;
+  setDiagramTitle?: (title: string) => void;
+}
+
 export interface DiagramDefinition {
-  db: any;
+  db: DiagramDb;
   renderer: any;
   parser: any;
   styles: any;