diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index e9b2de7d547..d1c3e6fd27f 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ const TextInput = React.createClass({
      * Useful for simple use-cases where you do not want to deal with listening
      * to events and updating the value prop to keep the controlled state in sync.
      */
-    defaultValue: PropTypes.node,
+    defaultValue: PropTypes.string,
     /**
      * When the clear button should appear on the right side of the text view.
      * @platform ios