diff --git a/types/react-native/index.d.ts b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
index f4be32ade0..5abf96e04c 100644
--- a/types/react-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ export interface TextInputIOSProperties {
      * Pressed key value is passed as an argument to the callback handler.
      * Fires before onChange callbacks.
      */
-    onKeyPress?: (key: string) => void;
+    onKeyPress?: (event: {nativeEvent: {key: string}}) => void;
 
     /**
      * See DocumentSelectionState.js, some state that is responsible for maintaining selection information for a document