diff --git a/types/react/index.d.ts b/types/react/index.d.ts
index 7b5e23005c..66be838b76 100644
--- a/types/react/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react/index.d.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ declare namespace React {
     function createFactory<P>(type: ComponentClass<P>): Factory<P>;
 
     // DOM Elements
+    // TODO: generalize this to everything in `keyof ReactHTML`, not just "input"
+    function createElement(
+        type: "input",
+        props?: InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement> & ClassAttributes<HTMLInputElement>,
+        ...children: ReactNode[]): DetailedReactHTMLElement<{}, HTMLInputElement>;
     function createElement<P extends HTMLAttributes<T>, T extends HTMLElement>(
         type: keyof ReactHTML,
         props?: ClassAttributes<T> & P,
diff --git a/types/react/test/index.ts b/types/react/test/index.ts
index 71f17a65de..79eab5e88d 100644
--- a/types/react/test/index.ts
+++ b/types/react/test/index.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ const clonedDOMElement: React.DOMElement<React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, H
         className: "clonedDOMElement"
     });
 // Clone ReactHTMLElement
-const clonedHtmlElement: React.ReactHTMLElement<HTMLDivElement> =
+const clonedHtmlElement: React.ReactHTMLElement<HTMLInputElement> =
     React.cloneElement(htmlElement, {
         className: "clonedHTMLElement"
     });