diff --git a/types/react/index.d.ts b/types/react/index.d.ts
index c70dbaa3fa..577959ae7b 100644
--- a/types/react/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react/index.d.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ declare namespace React {
         type: keyof ReactHTML,
         props?: ClassAttributes<T> & P,
         ...children: ReactNode[]): ReactHTMLElement<T>;
-    function createElement<P extends SVGAttributes<T>, T extends Element>(
+    function createElement<P extends SVGAttributes<T>, T extends SVGElement>(
         type: keyof ReactSVG,
         props?: ClassAttributes<T> & P,
         ...children: ReactNode[]): ReactSVGElement;