diff --git a/types/react/index.d.ts b/types/react/index.d.ts
index 7d71c2d183..a8f827ee0a 100644
--- a/types/react/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react/index.d.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ declare namespace React {
         setState<K extends keyof S>(f: (prevState: S, props: P) => Pick<S, K>, callback?: () => any): void;
         setState<K extends keyof S>(state: Pick<S, K>, callback?: () => any): void;
         forceUpdate(callBack?: () => any): void;
-        render(): JSX.Element | null;
+        render(): JSX.Element | null | false;
 
         // React.Props<T> is now deprecated, which means that the `children`
         // property is not available on `P` by default, even though you can
@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ declare global {
     namespace JSX {
         interface Element extends React.ReactElement<any> { }
         interface ElementClass extends React.Component<any, any> {
-            render(): JSX.Element | null;
+            render(): JSX.Element | null | false;
         }
         interface ElementAttributesProperty { props: {}; }
         interface ElementChildrenAttribute { children: {}; }