diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMRoot-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMRoot-test.js
index c673423f2b5e..b39e554e49bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMRoot-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMRoot-test.js
@@ -51,6 +51,37 @@ describe('ReactDOMRoot', () => {
     expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('warn if a container is passed to root.render(...)', async () => {
+    function App() {
+      return 'Child';
+    }
+
+    const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+    expect(() => root.render(<App />, {})).toErrorDev(
+      'You passed a second argument to root.render(...) but it only accepts ' +
+        'one argument.',
+      {
+        withoutStack: true,
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('warn if a container is passed to root.render(...)', async () => {
+    function App() {
+      return 'Child';
+    }
+
+    const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+    expect(() => root.render(<App />, container)).toErrorDev(
+      'You passed a container to the second argument of root.render(...). ' +
+        "You don't need to pass it again since you already passed it to create " +
+        'the root.',
+      {
+        withoutStack: true,
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
   it('warns if a callback parameter is provided to unmount', () => {
     const callback = jest.fn();
     const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
index 46786fcdeadf..57bbe7ab96d6 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMRoot.js
@@ -104,7 +104,18 @@ ReactDOMHydrationRoot.prototype.render = ReactDOMRoot.prototype.render = functio
         'render(...): does not support the second callback argument. ' +
           'To execute a side effect after rendering, declare it in a component body with useEffect().',
       );
+    } else if (isValidContainer(arguments[1])) {
+      console.error(
+        'You passed a container to the second argument of root.render(...). ' +
+          "You don't need to pass it again since you already passed it to create the root.",
+      );
+    } else if (typeof arguments[1] !== 'undefined') {
+      console.error(
+        'You passed a second argument to root.render(...) but it only accepts ' +
+          'one argument.',
+      );
     }
+
     const container = root.containerInfo;
 
     if (container.nodeType !== COMMENT_NODE) {