diff --git a/client/src/reducers/cascade.ts b/client/src/reducers/cascade.ts
index 1767fe973..d5204c468 100644
--- a/client/src/reducers/cascade.ts
+++ b/client/src/reducers/cascade.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,39 @@
-import { AnyAction } from "redux";
+import { AnyAction, Reducer } from "redux";
 import type { RootState } from ".";
 
 export type ReducerFunction = (
-  prevStateForKey: any,
+  prevStateForKey: RootState[keyof RootState],
   action: AnyAction,
   nexState?: RootState,
   prevState?: RootState
-) => any;
+) => RootState;
 
 type CascadedReducers =
   | [string, ReducerFunction][]
   | Map<string, ReducerFunction>;
 
-export default function cascadeReducers(arg: CascadedReducers) {
-  /*
-  Combine a set of cascading reducers into a single reducer.  Cascading
-  reducers are reducers which may rely on state computed by another reducer.
-  Therefore, they:
-  - must be composed in a particular order (currently, this is a simple
-    linear list of reducers, run in list order)
-  - must have access to partially updated "next state" so they can further
-    derive state.
-
-  Parameter is one of:
-  - a Map object
-  - an array of tuples, [ [key1, reducer1], [key2, reducer2], ... ]
-  Ie,  cascadeReducers([ ["a", reduceA], ["b", reduceB] ])
-
-  Each reducer will be called with the signature:
-      (prevState, action, sharedNextState, sharedPrevState) => newState
-
-  cascadeReducers will build a composite newState object, much
-  like combinedReducers.  Additional semantics:
-  - reducers guaranteed to be called in order
-  - each reducer will receive shared objects
-  */
+export default function cascadeReducers(arg: CascadedReducers): Reducer {
+  /**
+   * Combine a set of cascading reducers into a single reducer. Cascading
+   * reducers are reducers which may rely on state computed by another reducer.
+   * Therefore, they:
+   * - must be composed in a particular order (currently, this is a simple
+   *  linear list of reducers, run in list order)
+   * - must have access to partially updated "next state" so they can further
+   *  derive state.
+   *
+   * Parameter is one of:
+   * - a Map object
+   * - an array of tuples, [ [key1, reducer1], [key2, reducer2], ... ]
+   *  Ie,  cascadeReducers([ ["a", reduceA], ["b", reduceB] ])
+   *
+   * Each reducer will be called with the signature:
+   * (prevState, action, sharedNextState, sharedPrevState) => newState
+   * cascadeReducers will build a composite newState object, much
+   * like combinedReducers.  Additional semantics:
+   * - reducers guaranteed to be called in order
+   * - each reducer will receive shared objects
+   */
   const reducers = arg instanceof Map ? arg : new Map(arg);
   const reducerKeys = [...reducers.keys()];