diff --git a/packages/react-dom/client.js b/packages/react-dom/client.js
index 2234cc0a76ebe..0992c68d5b8e5 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/client.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/client.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from './';
 
 export function createRoot(
-  container: Element | DocumentFragment,
+  container: Element | Document | DocumentFragment,
   options?: CreateRootOptions,
 ): RootType {
   if (__DEV__) {
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
index 04355605ed57b..1c664588407bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ const Internals = {
 };
 
 function createRoot(
-  container: Element | DocumentFragment,
+  container: Element | Document | DocumentFragment,
   options?: CreateRootOptions,
 ): RootType {
   if (__DEV__) {
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
index 4b640055e5b4e..e4973ec667b53 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
@@ -672,9 +672,8 @@ export function clearContainer(container: Container): void {
   if (container.nodeType === ELEMENT_NODE) {
     ((container: any): Element).textContent = '';
   } else if (container.nodeType === DOCUMENT_NODE) {
-    const body = ((container: any): Document).body;
-    if (body != null) {
-      body.textContent = '';
+    if (container.documentElement) {
+      container.removeChild(container.documentElement);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
index 55c340be7dff4..49084d0f9bfaa 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ReactDOMHydrationRoot.prototype.unmount = ReactDOMRoot.prototype.unmount = funct
 };
 
 export function createRoot(
-  container: Element | DocumentFragment,
+  container: Element | Document | DocumentFragment,
   options?: CreateRootOptions,
 ): RootType {
   if (!isValidContainer(container)) {