diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
index 0044807857..4ee8953d70 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export type PermissionRule<
   name: string;
   description: string;
   apply(resource: TResource, ...params: TParams): boolean;
-  toQuery(...params: TParams): TQuery | PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
+  toQuery(...params: TParams): PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
index d3379c40a6..f983c80ea5 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ export type PermissionRule<
    * can be used for loading a collection of resources efficiently with conditional criteria already
    * applied.
    */
-  toQuery(...params: TParams): TQuery | PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
+  toQuery(...params: TParams): PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
 };