diff --git a/src/leapfrogai_api/backend/types.py b/src/leapfrogai_api/backend/types.py
index 742463248..76c2b2fff 100644
--- a/src/leapfrogai_api/backend/types.py
+++ b/src/leapfrogai_api/backend/types.py
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ class CompletionChoice(BaseModel):
         description="Log probabilities for the generated tokens. Only returned if requested.",
     )
     finish_reason: str | None = Field(
-        None, description="The reason why the completion finished.", example="length"
+        default=None,
+        description="The reason why the model stopped generating tokens.",
+        examples=["stop", "length"],
     )
 
 
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ class ChatStreamChoice(BaseModel):
         default=ChatDelta(), description="The delta content for this streaming choice."
     )
     finish_reason: str | None = Field(
-        default="",
+        default=None,
         description="The reason why the model stopped generating tokens.",
         examples=["stop", "length"],
     )
diff --git a/src/leapfrogai_sdk/__init__.py b/src/leapfrogai_sdk/__init__.py
index 946c37b42..aa1631997 100644
--- a/src/leapfrogai_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/src/leapfrogai_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from leapfrogai_sdk.audio.audio_pb2_grpc import Audio, AudioServicer, AudioStub
 from leapfrogai_sdk.chat.chat_pb2 import (
     ChatCompletionChoice,
+    ChatCompletionFinishReason,
     ChatCompletionRequest,
     ChatCompletionResponse,
     ChatItem,