diff --git a/types/redux-actions/index.d.ts b/types/redux-actions/index.d.ts
index b4aaa8474e..d5b825e28c 100644
--- a/types/redux-actions/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/redux-actions/index.d.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export type ActionFunction3<T1, T2, T3, R>  = (t1: T1, t2: T2, t3: T3) => R;
 export type ActionFunction4<T1, T2, T3, T4, R> = (t1: T1, t2: T2, t3: T3, t4: T4) => R;
 export type ActionFunctionAny<R> = (...args: any[]) => R;
 
+export function createAction(
+    actionType: string
+): ActionFunction0<Action<void>>;
+
 export function createAction<Payload>(
     actionType: string,
     payloadCreator: ActionFunction0<Payload>
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ export function createAction<Payload, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4>(
 
 export function createAction<Payload>(
     actionType: string
-): ActionFunctionAny<Action<Payload>>;
+): ActionFunction1<Payload, Action<Payload>>;
 
 export function createAction<Payload, Meta>(
     actionType: string,
diff --git a/types/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts b/types/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
index f2d7cef7d1..e4c51aa662 100644
--- a/types/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
+++ b/types/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ const typedActionHandlerWithReduceMap = ReduxActions.handleAction<TypedState, Ty
 
 typedState = typedActionHandlerWithReduceMap({ value: 0 }, typedIncrementByActionWithMeta(10));
 
-const act = ReduxActions.createAction<string>('ACTION1');
-act('hello').payload === 'hello';
+const act0 = ReduxActions.createAction('ACTION0');
+act0().payload === null;
+
+const act1 = ReduxActions.createAction<string>('ACTION1');
+act1('hello').payload === 'hello';
 
 const act2 = ReduxActions.createAction('ACTION2', (s: {load: boolean}) => s);
 act2({load: true}).payload.load === true;
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ act2({load: true}).payload.load === true;
 const act3 = ReduxActions.createAction('ACTION3', (s: string) => ({s}));
 act3('hello').payload.s === 'hello';
 
-ReduxActions.handleAction<{ hello: string }, string>(act, (state, action) => {
+ReduxActions.handleAction<{ hello: string }, string>(act1, (state, action) => {
     return { hello: action.payload };
 }, {hello: 'greetings'});
 
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ ReduxActions.handleAction(act3, (state, action) => {
     return { hello: action.payload.s };
 }, {hello: 'greetings'});
 
-ReduxActions.handleAction(ReduxActions.combineActions(act, act3, act2), (state, action) => {}, 0);
+ReduxActions.handleAction(ReduxActions.combineActions(act1, act3, act2), (state, action) => {}, 0);
 
 /* can't do this until it lands in 2.2, HKTs
 ReduxActions.handleAction(act, (state, action) => {