diff --git a/types/react-relay/index.d.ts b/types/react-relay/index.d.ts
index 91a1bbbe1d..259896846f 100644
--- a/types/react-relay/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-relay/index.d.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ export {
 import * as React from "react";
 import * as RelayRuntimeTypes from "relay-runtime";
 
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// Utility types
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+type Diff<T extends string, U extends string> = ({ [P in T]: P } & { [P in U]: never } & { [x: string]: never })[T];
+type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = { [P in Diff<keyof T, K>]: T[P] };
+
+type RemoveRelayProp<P> = Omit<P & { relay: never }, "relay">;
+
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // Maybe Fix
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ export class QueryRenderer extends ReactRelayQueryRenderer {}
 export function createFragmentContainer<T>(
     Component: React.ComponentType<T>,
     fragmentSpec: RelayRuntimeTypes.GraphQLTaggedNode | GeneratedNodeMap
-): React.ComponentType<T>;
+): React.ComponentType<RemoveRelayProp<T>>;
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // createPaginationContainer
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ export function createPaginationContainer<T>(
     Component: React.ComponentType<T>,
     fragmentSpec: RelayRuntimeTypes.GraphQLTaggedNode | GeneratedNodeMap,
     connectionConfig: ConnectionConfig<T>
-): React.ComponentType<T>;
+): React.ComponentType<RemoveRelayProp<T>>;
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // createRefetchContainer
@@ -153,4 +161,4 @@ export function createRefetchContainer<T>(
     Component: React.ComponentType<T>,
     fragmentSpec: RelayRuntimeTypes.GraphQLTaggedNode | GeneratedNodeMap,
     taggedNode: RelayRuntimeTypes.GraphQLTaggedNode
-): React.ComponentType<T>;
+): React.ComponentType<RemoveRelayProp<T>>;
diff --git a/types/react-relay/test/react-relay-tests.tsx b/types/react-relay/test/react-relay-tests.tsx
index 9385922dcf..6e4aaf3c8e 100644
--- a/types/react-relay/test/react-relay-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-relay/test/react-relay-tests.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ const MyQueryRenderer = (props: { name: string }) => (
             `,
         }
     );
+
+    function doesNotRequireRelayPropToBeProvided() {
+        <MyFragmentContainer publicProp="is available" />;
+    }
 };
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -141,6 +145,11 @@ const MyQueryRenderer = (props: { name: string }) => (
             }
         `
     );
+
+    function doesNotRequireRelayPropToBeProvided() {
+        const feed = { stories: { edges: [] }}; // TODO
+        <FeedRefetchContainer loadMoreTitle="Load More" feed={feed} />;
+    }
 };
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -232,6 +241,10 @@ const MyQueryRenderer = (props: { name: string }) => (
             `,
         }
     );
+
+    function doesNotRequireRelayPropToBeProvided() {
+        const user = { feed: { edges: [] }}; // TODO
+        <FeedPaginationContainer loadMoreTitle="Load More" user={user} />;
     }
 };