diff --git a/types/options.d.ts b/types/options.d.ts
index cc58affe6a1..cdf59911082 100644
--- a/types/options.d.ts
+++ b/types/options.d.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export interface ComponentOptions<
   template?: string;
   // hack is for funcitonal component type inference, should not used in user code
   render?(createElement: CreateElement, hack: RenderContext<Props>): VNode;
-  renderError?: (h: () => VNode, err: Error) => VNode;
+  renderError?(createElement: CreateElement, err: Error): VNode;
   staticRenderFns?: ((createElement: CreateElement) => VNode)[];
 
   beforeCreate?(this: V): void;
diff --git a/types/test/options-test.ts b/types/test/options-test.ts
index 6fc9e356451..43c0bd8d25a 100644
--- a/types/test/options-test.ts
+++ b/types/test/options-test.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ Vue.component('component', {
       [createElement("div", "message")]
     ]);
   },
+  renderError(createElement, err) {
+    return createElement('pre', { style: { color: 'red' }}, err.stack)
+  },
   staticRenderFns: [],
 
   beforeCreate() {