diff --git a/types/mpv-script/index.d.ts b/types/mpv-script/index.d.ts
index d69c69405653a8..39301921165349 100644
--- a/types/mpv-script/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/mpv-script/index.d.ts
@@ -493,9 +493,10 @@ declare namespace mp {
     /**
      * NOTE:
      * Commands have their own dedicated arguments as object properties(namely Named Arguments in the doc)
+     * `__return` field is a helper field to represent exceptional return type of the command, it has nothing to do with mpv
      */
     // TODO: change `name` to `_name`
-    type CommandOptsUnion =
+    type __CommandInfoUnion =
         | {
             name: "seek";
             /**
@@ -764,18 +765,22 @@ declare namespace mp {
         | {
             name: "expand-text";
             text: string;
+            __return: string;
         }
         | {
             name: "expand-path";
             text: string;
+            __return: string;
         }
         | {
             name: "normalize-path";
             filename: string;
+            __return: string;
         }
         | {
             name: "escape-ass";
             text: string;
+            __return: string;
         }
         | {
             name: "apply-profile";
@@ -1196,6 +1201,14 @@ declare namespace mp {
     //   1. some commands can only be invoked by array-like overload `command_native(array)` such as `run`
     //   1. some commands can only be invoked by `command_native(opts)` overload(namely named arguments) such as `subprocess`
 
+    type CommandOptsUnion = __CommandInfoUnion extends infer U ? U extends { __return: any } ? Omit<U, "__return">
+        : U
+        : never;
+
+    type GetCommonCommandResult<TOpts extends { name: string }> =
+        Extract<__CommandInfoUnion, { name: TOpts["name"] }> extends { __return: infer R } ? R
+            : null | undefined; // null on success, undefined on error
+
     /**
      * Gets the shape of `subprocess` command result based on whether `capture_stderr` and `capture_stdout` are specified
      */
@@ -1209,7 +1222,7 @@ declare namespace mp {
 
     type GetCommandResult<TOpts extends { name: string }> = TOpts["name"] extends "subprocess"
         ? GetSubprocessResult<TOpts>
-        : null | undefined; // null on success, undefined on error
+        : GetCommonCommandResult<TOpts>;
 
     // TODO: change `name` to `_name` if `_name` is released officially
     /**
@@ -1225,12 +1238,16 @@ declare namespace mp {
     ): null | TDefault; // null if success, TDefault on error
 
     // NOTE: currently when named argument overload has mismatched shape it would fallback to array overload, producing confusing error message
+    // NOTE: editor completion for the first element(command name) is broken, no idea why,
+    // and this won't be fixed as TypeScript6(the last version supporting es5) has been deprecated anyway.
     /**
      * Returns `null` on success, `undefined` on error
      */
-    function command_native(
-        list: [Exclude<CommandName, NamedArgumentsOnlyCommand> | (string & {}), ...unknown[]],
-    ): null | undefined;
+    function command_native<
+        TArgs extends [Exclude<CommandName, NamedArgumentsOnlyCommand>, ...unknown[]],
+    >(
+        list: TArgs,
+    ): GetCommandResult<{ name: TArgs[0] }>;
 
     /**
      * Returns `null` on success, `T` on error
diff --git a/types/mpv-script/mpv-script-tests.ts b/types/mpv-script/mpv-script-tests.ts
index ee11b1276a962c..32e99234c469d3 100644
--- a/types/mpv-script/mpv-script-tests.ts
+++ b/types/mpv-script/mpv-script-tests.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@ mp.command_native(["print-text", "test"]);
 // $ExpectType null | "def"
 mp.command_native(["print-text", "test"], "def");
 
-// $ExpectType null | undefined
+// $ExpectType string
+mp.command_native(["normalize-path", "foo/bar"]);
+
+// $ExpectType string
+mp.command_native({
+    name: "normalize-path",
+    filename: "foo/bar",
+});
+
+// $ExpectType string
 mp.command_native({
     name: "expand-path",
     text: "foo",
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ mp.command_native_async({
     name: "expand-path",
     text: "foo",
 }, function(ok, res, err) {
-    // $ExpectType null | undefined
+    // $ExpectType string
     var r = res;
 });