diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index c42757a..6f24e08 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ This simply means that `chalk.red.yellow.green` is equivalent to `chalk.green`.
 declare const chalk: ChalkInstance & ChalkFunction;
 
 export const supportsColor: ColorSupport | false;
+
 export const chalkStderr: typeof chalk & {supportsColor: typeof supportsColor};
+export const supportsColorStderr: typeof supportsColor;
 
 export default chalk;
diff --git a/index.test-d.ts b/index.test-d.ts
index 9b6c1eb..3e7e2d6 100644
--- a/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/index.test-d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {expectType, expectAssignable, expectError} from 'tsd';
-import chalk, {Chalk, ChalkInstance, Color, ColorSupport, ColorSupportLevel, chalkStderr, supportsColor} from './index.js';
+import chalk, {Chalk, ChalkInstance, Color, ColorSupport, ColorSupportLevel, chalkStderr, supportsColor, supportsColorStderr} from './index.js';
 
 // - Helpers -
 type colorReturn = ChalkInstance & {supportsColor?: never};
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ if (supportsColor) {
 
 // - stderr -
 expectAssignable<ChalkInstance>(chalkStderr);
-expectType<ColorSupport | false>(chalkStderr.supportsColor);
-if (chalkStderr.supportsColor) {
-	expectType<boolean>(chalkStderr.supportsColor.hasBasic);
-	expectType<boolean>(chalkStderr.supportsColor.has256);
-	expectType<boolean>(chalkStderr.supportsColor.has16m);
+expectType<ColorSupport | false>(supportsColorStderr);
+if (supportsColorStderr) {
+	expectType<boolean>(supportsColorStderr.hasBasic);
+	expectType<boolean>(supportsColorStderr.has256);
+	expectType<boolean>(supportsColorStderr.has16m);
 }
 
-// -- `stderr` is not a member of the Chalk interface --
-expectError(chalk.reset.stderr);
+// -- `supportsColorStderr` is not a member of the Chalk interface --
+expectError(chalk.reset.supportsColorStderr);
 
 // -- `supportsColor` is not a member of the Chalk interface --
 expectError(chalk.reset.supportsColor);
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 575dd7b..45e4be7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ Can be overridden by the user with the flags `--color` and `--no-color`. For sit
 
 Explicit 256/Truecolor mode can be enabled using the `--color=256` and `--color=16m` flags, respectively.
 
-### chalkStderr and chalkStderr.supportsColor
+### chalkStderr and supportsColorStderr
 
-`chalkStderr` contains a separate instance configured with color support detected for `stderr` stream instead of `stdout`. Override rules from `supportsColor` apply to this too. `chalkStderr.supportsColor` is exposed for convenience.
+`chalkStderr` contains a separate instance configured with color support detected for `stderr` stream instead of `stdout`. Override rules from `supportsColor` apply to this too. `supportsColorStderr` is exposed for convenience.
 
 ## Styles
 
diff --git a/source/index.js b/source/index.js
index 32c3725..0f159d4 100644
--- a/source/index.js
+++ b/source/index.js
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@ Object.defineProperties(createChalk.prototype, styles);
 
 const chalk = createChalk();
 export const chalkStderr = createChalk({level: stderrColor ? stderrColor.level : 0});
-chalkStderr.supportsColor = stderrColor;
 
 export {
-	stdoutColor as supportsColor
+	stdoutColor as supportsColor,
+	stderrColor as supportsColorStderr
 };
 
 export default chalk;