diff --git a/src/browser/ui/ReactMount.js b/src/browser/ui/ReactMount.js
index 7a0ce89e4a..e898b58994 100644
--- a/src/browser/ui/ReactMount.js
+++ b/src/browser/ui/ReactMount.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var getReactRootElementInContainer = require('getReactRootElementInContainer');
 var instantiateReactComponent = require('instantiateReactComponent');
 var invariant = require('invariant');
 var shouldUpdateReactComponent = require('shouldUpdateReactComponent');
+var warning = require('warning');
 
 var SEPARATOR = ReactInstanceHandles.SEPARATOR;
 
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ var ReactMount = {
       // Various parts of our code (such as ReactCompositeComponent's
       // _renderValidatedComponent) assume that calls to render aren't nested;
       // verify that that's the case.
-      invariant(
+      warning(
         ReactCurrentOwner.current == null,
         '_renderNewRootComponent(): Render methods should be a pure function ' +
         'of props and state; triggering nested component updates from ' +
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ var ReactMount = {
     // _renderValidatedComponent) assume that calls to render aren't nested;
     // verify that that's the case. (Strictly speaking, unmounting won't cause a
     // render but we still don't expect to be in a render call here.)
-    invariant(
+    warning(
       ReactCurrentOwner.current == null,
       'unmountComponentAtNode(): Render methods should be a pure function of ' +
       'props and state; triggering nested component updates from render is ' +
diff --git a/src/core/ReactUpdates.js b/src/core/ReactUpdates.js
index 1eb6a07077..56da4aef14 100644
--- a/src/core/ReactUpdates.js
+++ b/src/core/ReactUpdates.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var ReactCurrentOwner = require('ReactCurrentOwner');
 var ReactPerf = require('ReactPerf');
 
 var invariant = require('invariant');
+var warning = require('warning');
 
 var dirtyComponents = [];
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ function enqueueUpdate(component, callback) {
   // verify that that's the case. (This is called by each top-level update
   // function, like setProps, setState, forceUpdate, etc.; creation and
   // destruction of top-level components is guarded in ReactMount.)
-  invariant(
+  warning(
     ReactCurrentOwner.current == null,
     'enqueueUpdate(): Render methods should be a pure function of props ' +
     'and state; triggering nested component updates from render is not ' +
diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/ReactCompositeComponent-test.js b/src/core/__tests__/ReactCompositeComponent-test.js
index abb43e4565..e3a9d2af52 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/ReactCompositeComponent-test.js
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/ReactCompositeComponent-test.js
@@ -1346,6 +1346,7 @@ describe('ReactCompositeComponent', function() {
   });
 
   it('should disallow nested render calls', function() {
+    spyOn(console, 'warn');
     var Inner = React.createClass({
       render: function() {
         return <div />;
@@ -1358,10 +1359,10 @@ describe('ReactCompositeComponent', function() {
       }
     });
 
-    expect(() => {
-      ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Outer />);
-    }).toThrow(
-      'Invariant Violation: _renderNewRootComponent(): Render methods should ' +
+    ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Outer />);
+    expect(console.warn.argsForCall.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(console.warn.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
+      'Warning: _renderNewRootComponent(): Render methods should ' +
       'be a pure function of props and state; triggering nested component ' +
       'updates from render is not allowed. If necessary, trigger nested ' +
       'updates in componentDidUpdate.'