diff --git a/.changeset/polite-wombats-play.md b/.changeset/polite-wombats-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fac2ca632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-wombats-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/image': patch
+---
+
+Updated error message for missing `widths` prop to provide an example
diff --git a/.changeset/strange-olives-rest.md b/.changeset/strange-olives-rest.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d183c93cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strange-olives-rest.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/image": patch
+---
+
+Allow passing `undefined` to TransformOptions, this is a types fix for users with `exactOptionalTypes` enabled in their tsconfig
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-picture.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-picture.ts
index 37fea6de4..2ecfc0d5b 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-picture.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-picture.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export async function getPicture(params: GetPictureParams): Promise<GetPictureRe
 	}
 
 	if (!widths || !Array.isArray(widths)) {
-		throw new Error('[@astrojs/image] at least one `width` is required');
+		throw new Error('[@astrojs/image] at least one `width` is required. ex: `widths={[100]}`');
 	}
 
 	const aspectRatio = await resolveAspectRatio(params);
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
index e5010c36d..280fb37c2 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
@@ -98,23 +98,23 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
 	 *
 	 * @default undefined The original image format will be used.
 	 */
-	format?: OutputFormat;
+	format?: OutputFormat | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * The compression quality used during optimization.
 	 *
 	 * @default undefined Allows the image service to determine defaults.
 	 */
-	quality?: number;
+	quality?: number | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * The desired width of the output image. Combine with `height` to crop the image
 	 * to an exact size, or `aspectRatio` to automatically calculate and crop the height.
 	 */
-	width?: number;
+	width?: number | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * The desired height of the output image. Combine with `height` to crop the image
 	 * to an exact size, or `aspectRatio` to automatically calculate and crop the width.
 	 */
-	height?: number;
+	height?: number | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * The desired aspect ratio of the output image. Combine with either `width` or `height`
 	 * to automatically calculate and crop the other dimension.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
 	 * @example 1.777 - numbers can be used for computed ratios, useful for doing `{width/height}`
 	 * @example "16:9" - strings can be used in the format of `{ratioWidth}:{ratioHeight}`.
 	 */
-	aspectRatio?: number | `${number}:${number}`;
+	aspectRatio?: number | `${number}:${number}` | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * The background color to use when converting from a transparent image format to a
 	 * non-transparent format. This is useful for converting PNGs to JPEGs.
@@ -131,19 +131,19 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
 	 * @example "#ffffff" - a hex color
 	 * @example "rgb(255, 255, 255)" - an rgb color
 	 */
-	background?: ColorDefinition;
+	background?: ColorDefinition | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * How the image should be resized to fit both `height` and `width`.
 	 *
 	 * @default 'cover'
 	 */
-	fit?: CropFit;
+	fit?: CropFit | undefined;
 	/**
 	 * Position of the crop when fit is `cover` or `contain`.
 	 *
 	 * @default 'centre'
 	 */
-	position?: CropPosition;
+	position?: CropPosition | undefined;
 }
 
 export interface HostedImageService<T extends TransformOptions = TransformOptions> {