diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 0b6d13d4dfc2c..2bc53ec7ff458 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sass:
 gems:
 - jekyll-redirect-from
 - jekyll-paginate
-react_version: 15.4.0
+react_version: 16.0.0
 react_hashes:
   dev: buVLzxzBI8Ps3svVMSUurNdb5dozNidH5Ow4H0YgZeia3t6Oeui2VLpvtAq1fwtK
   prod: nCjsa0kjNQPQdxWm12/ReVJzfBJaVubEwwDswyQDGMKYJmeWv3qShMuETfU5fisu
diff --git a/docs/_js/live_editor.js b/docs/_js/live_editor.js
index 3a95ac5fbea26..f1d57b31e2ad0 100644
--- a/docs/_js/live_editor.js
+++ b/docs/_js/live_editor.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var IS_MOBILE = (
     || navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i)
 );
 
-var CodeMirrorEditor = React.createClass({
+var CodeMirrorEditor = createReactClass({
   propTypes: {
     lineNumbers: PropTypes.bool,
     onChange: PropTypes.func,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var selfCleaningTimeout = {
   },
 };
 
-var ReactPlayground = React.createClass({
+var ReactPlayground = createReactClass({
   mixins: [selfCleaningTimeout],
 
   MODES: {JSX: 'JSX', JS: 'JS'}, //keyMirror({JSX: true, JS: true}),
diff --git a/docs/_layouts/default.html b/docs/_layouts/default.html
index f40bec625e4dd..923eceeac6bf7 100644
--- a/docs/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/docs/_layouts/default.html
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
   <script src="https://unpkg.com/codemirror@5.15.2/mode/xml/xml.js"></script>
   <script src="https://unpkg.com/codemirror@5.15.2/mode/jsx/jsx.js"></script>
   <script src="https://unpkg.com/prop-types/prop-types.min.js"></script>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react/dist/react.min.js"></script>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom/dist/react-dom.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/create-react-class/create-react-class.min.js"></script>
   <script src="https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.15.0/babel.min.js"></script>
   <script src="/react/js/live_editor.js"></script>
 </head>
diff --git a/docs/contributing/how-to-contribute.md b/docs/contributing/how-to-contribute.md
index 43abca9d36072..d306f7297a13b 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/how-to-contribute.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/how-to-contribute.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ First, run `npm run build`. This will produce pre-built bundles in `build` folde
 
 The easiest way to try your changes is to run `npm run build` and then open `fixtures/packaging/babel-standalone/dev.html`. This file already uses `react.js` from the `build` folder so it will pick up your changes.
 
-If you want to try your changes in your existing React project, you may copy `build/dist/react.development.js`, `build/dist/react-dom.development.js`, or any other build products into your app and use them instead of the stable version. If your project uses React from npm, you may delete `react` and `react-dom` in its dependencies and use `npm link` to point them to your local `build` folder:
+If you want to try your changes in your existing React project, you may copy `build/umd/react.development.js`, `build/umd/react-dom.development.js`, or any other build products into your app and use them instead of the stable version. If your project uses React from npm, you may delete `react` and `react-dom` in its dependencies and use `npm link` to point them to your local `build` folder:
 
 ```sh
 cd your_project
diff --git a/docs/docs/optimizing-performance.md b/docs/docs/optimizing-performance.md
index 29b1186be9bac..b54aa316c90f2 100644
--- a/docs/docs/optimizing-performance.md
+++ b/docs/docs/optimizing-performance.md
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ Remember that this is only necessary before deploying to production. For normal
 We offer production-ready versions of React and React DOM as single files:
 
 ```html
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@15/dist/react.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@15/dist/react-dom.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
-Remember that only React files ending with `.min.js` are suitable for production.
+Remember that only React files ending with `.production.min.js` are suitable for production.
 
 ### Brunch
 
diff --git a/docs/downloads/single-file-example.html b/docs/downloads/single-file-example.html
index 11b83bf02fdea..d0fe6b2ca8a7b 100644
--- a/docs/downloads/single-file-example.html
+++ b/docs/downloads/single-file-example.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <title>Hello World</title>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@latest/dist/react.js"></script>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@latest/dist/react-dom.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.15.0/babel.min.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>