diff --git a/dev/react/src/examples/Animation-variants.tsx b/dev/react/src/examples/Animation-variants.tsx
index f2325e6d8a..46706601e7 100644
--- a/dev/react/src/examples/Animation-variants.tsx
+++ b/dev/react/src/examples/Animation-variants.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Fragment, useState } from "react"
-import { motion, createMotionComponent, useMotionValue } from "framer-motion"
+import { motion, useMotionValue } from "framer-motion"
 
-const MotionFragment = createMotionComponent(Fragment)
+const MotionFragment = motion.create(Fragment)
 
 export function App() {
     const backgroundColor = useMotionValue("#f00")
diff --git a/dev/react/src/examples/motion-custom-tag.tsx b/dev/react/src/examples/motion-custom-tag.tsx
index 9165b98888..aa020cf78b 100644
--- a/dev/react/src/examples/motion-custom-tag.tsx
+++ b/dev/react/src/examples/motion-custom-tag.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { createMotionComponent } from "framer-motion"
+import { motion } from "framer-motion"
 
 /**
  * An example of creating a `motion` version of a custom element. This will render <global> into the HTML
  */
 
 export const App = () => {
-    const CustomComponent = createMotionComponent("global")
+    const CustomComponent = motion.create("global")
 
     return (
         <CustomComponent
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/index.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/index.ts
index 637482b34b..6fdca04334 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/index.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 /**
  * Components
  */
-export { createMotionComponent } from "./render/components/motion/create"
-export { createMinimalMotionComponent } from "./render/components/m/create"
 export { motion } from "./render/components/motion/proxy"
 export { m } from "./render/components/m/proxy"
 export { AnimatePresence } from "./components/AnimatePresence"
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/component.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/component.test.tsx
index a12d93e422..cf5aef6b87 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/component.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/component.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { render } from "../../../jest.setup"
 import { fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react"
-import { createMotionComponent, motion } from "framer-motion"
+import { motion } from "framer-motion"
 import * as React from "react"
 import styled from "styled-components"
 
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ describe("motion component rendering and styles", () => {
         expect(container.firstChild).toBeTruthy()
     })
 
-    it("renders motion div component (using createMotionComponent) without type errors ", () => {
+    it("renders motion div component (using motion.create) without type errors ", () => {
         // onTap is a motion component specific prop
-        const MotionDiv = createMotionComponent("div")
+        const MotionDiv = motion.create("div")
         render(
             <MotionDiv
                 id={"myCreatedMotionDiv"}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe("motion component rendering and styles", () => {
                 <button type="submit" disabled ref={ref} />
             )
         )
-        const MotionComponent = createMotionComponent(Component)
+        const MotionComponent = motion.create(Component)
 
         const promise = new Promise<Element>((resolve) => {
             const { rerender } = render(
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe("motion component rendering and styles", () => {
             background-color: #fff;
         `
 
-        const MotionBox = createMotionComponent(Box)
+        const MotionBox = motion.create(Box)
         const { container } = render(
             <MotionBox style={{ backgroundColor: "#f00" }} />
         )
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/create-component.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/create-component.test.tsx
index daab6e1bd6..eadf3570f3 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/create-component.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/create-component.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { render } from "../../../jest.setup"
-import { createMotionComponent } from "../../render/components/motion/create"
+import { motion as motionProxy } from "../../render/components/motion/proxy"
 import { motionValue } from "../../value"
 
-const motion = { div: createMotionComponent("div") }
+const motion = { div: motionProxy.create("div") }
 
 describe("Create DOM Motion component", () => {
     test("Animates", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/custom.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/custom.test.tsx
index c8123836c5..b540fb495f 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/custom.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/custom.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { render } from "../../../jest.setup"
-import { motion, createMotionComponent, useMotionValue } from "../.."
+import { motion, useMotionValue } from "../.."
 import * as React from "react"
 import { ForwardedRef } from "react"
 import { MotionProps } from "../types"
@@ -96,5 +96,4 @@ function runTests(name: string, motionFactory: any) {
     })
 }
 
-runTests("createMotionComponent()", createMotionComponent)
-runTests("motion()", motion)
+runTests("motion.create()", motion.create)
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/motion-component.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/motion-component.test.tsx
index 158ba6dd1a..d48c7b0f8a 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/motion-component.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/motion-component.test.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-import {
-    createMotionComponent,
-    isMotionComponent,
-    motion,
-    unwrapMotionComponent,
-} from "../.."
+import { isMotionComponent, motion, unwrapMotionComponent } from "../.."
 import { forwardRef } from "react"
 
 const CustomComp = forwardRef(() => <div />)
@@ -11,7 +6,7 @@ const CustomComp = forwardRef(() => <div />)
 describe("isMotionComponent", () => {
     it("returns true for motion components", () => {
         expect(isMotionComponent(motion.div)).toBe(true)
-        expect(isMotionComponent(createMotionComponent(CustomComp))).toBe(true)
+        expect(isMotionComponent(motion.create(CustomComp))).toBe(true)
     })
 
     it("returns false for other components", () => {
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@ describe("isMotionComponent", () => {
 describe("unwrapMotionComponent", () => {
     it("returns the wrapped component for motion components", () => {
         expect(unwrapMotionComponent(motion.div)).toBe("div")
-        expect(unwrapMotionComponent(createMotionComponent(CustomComp))).toBe(
+        expect(unwrapMotionComponent(motion.create(CustomComp))).toBe(
             CustomComp
         )
     })
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/ssr.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/ssr.test.tsx
index 0515d7af1c..7fdd2a239e 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/ssr.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/ssr.test.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { Fragment, useRef, useState, forwardRef, ForwardedRef } from "react"
 import { renderToString, renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server"
-import { createMotionComponent, useMotionValue } from "../../"
+import { useMotionValue } from "../../"
 import { motion } from "../../render/components/motion"
 import { motion as motionProxy } from "../../render/components/motion/proxy"
 import { motionValue } from "../../value"
 import { AnimatePresence } from "../../components/AnimatePresence"
 import { Reorder } from "../../components/Reorder"
 
-const MotionFragment = createMotionComponent(Fragment)
+const MotionFragment = motion.create(Fragment)
 
 function runTests(render: (components: any) => string) {
     test("doesn't throw type or runtime errors", () => {
@@ -15,25 +15,25 @@ function runTests(render: (components: any) => string) {
             foo: string
         }
 
-        const CustomMotionComponent = createMotionComponent(
+        const CustomMotionComponent = motion.create(
             forwardRef(
                 (props: CustomProps, ref: ForwardedRef<HTMLDivElement>) => {
                     return <div ref={ref} {...props} />
                 }
             )
         )
-        const CustomMotionDiv = createMotionComponent("div")
-        const CustomMotionCircle = createMotionComponent("circle")
+        const CustomMotionDiv = motion.create("div")
+        const CustomMotionCircle = motion.create("circle")
 
-        const ProxyCustomMotionComponent = motionProxy(
+        const ProxyCustomMotionComponent = motionProxy.create(
             forwardRef(
                 (props: CustomProps, ref: ForwardedRef<HTMLInputElement>) => {
                     return <input ref={ref} {...props} />
                 }
             )
         )
-        const ProxyCustomMotionDiv = motionProxy("div")
-        const ProxyCustomMotionCircle = motionProxy("circle")
+        const ProxyCustomMotionDiv = motionProxy.create("div")
+        const ProxyCustomMotionCircle = motionProxy.create("circle")
 
         function Component() {
             const divRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function runTests(render: (components: any) => string) {
 
     test("correctly renders custom HTML tag", () => {
         const y = motionValue(200)
-        const CustomComponent = createMotionComponent("element-test")
+        const CustomComponent = motion.create("element-test")
         const customElement = render(
             <AnimatePresence>
                 <CustomComponent
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/variant.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/variant.test.tsx
index d16f9e305f..5fae8c4b14 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/variant.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/motion/__tests__/variant.test.tsx
@@ -4,19 +4,13 @@ import {
     pointerUp,
     render,
 } from "../../../jest.setup"
-import {
-    frame,
-    motion,
-    MotionConfig,
-    useMotionValue,
-    createMotionComponent,
-} from "../../"
+import { frame, motion, MotionConfig, useMotionValue } from "../../"
 import { Fragment, useEffect, memo, useState } from "react"
 import { Variants } from "../../types"
 import { motionValue } from "../../value"
 import { nextFrame } from "../../gestures/__tests__/utils"
 
-const MotionFragment = createMotionComponent(Fragment)
+const MotionFragment = motion.create(Fragment)
 
 describe("animate prop as variant", () => {
     test("animates to set variant", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/create-proxy.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/create-proxy.ts
index 808159c8da..bd5c7bcaff 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/create-proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/create-proxy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { MotionProps } from "../../motion/types"
+import { warning } from "../../utils/errors"
 import { DOMMotionComponents } from "../dom/types"
 import type { createMotionComponent } from "./motion/create"
 
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ export type CustomDomComponent<Props> = React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
 export function createDOMMotionComponentProxy(
     componentFactory: typeof createMotionComponent
 ) {
+    type MotionProxy = typeof componentFactory &
+        DOMMotionComponents & { create: typeof componentFactory }
+
     if (typeof Proxy === "undefined") {
-        return componentFactory as typeof componentFactory & DOMMotionComponents
+        return componentFactory as MotionProxy
     }
 
     /**
@@ -25,13 +29,22 @@ export function createDOMMotionComponentProxy(
      */
     const componentCache = new Map<string, any>()
 
-    return new Proxy(componentFactory, {
+    const deprecatedFactoryFunction: typeof createMotionComponent = (
+        ...args
+    ) => {
+        warning(false, "motion() is deprecated. Use motion.create() instead.")
+        return componentFactory(...args)
+    }
+
+    return new Proxy(deprecatedFactoryFunction, {
         /**
          * Called when `motion` is referenced with a prop: `motion.div`, `motion.input` etc.
          * The prop name is passed through as `key` and we can use that to generate a `motion`
          * DOM component with that name.
          */
         get: (_target, key: string) => {
+            if (key === "create") return componentFactory
+
             /**
              * If this element doesn't exist in the component cache, create it and cache.
              */
@@ -41,5 +54,5 @@ export function createDOMMotionComponentProxy(
 
             return componentCache.get(key)!
         },
-    }) as typeof componentFactory & DOMMotionComponents
+    }) as MotionProxy
 }
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/m/namespace.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/m/namespace.ts
index dcf0ca4dea..bcbfe77150 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/m/namespace.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/m/namespace.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export { createMinimalMotionComponent as create } from "./create"
+
 export {
     MotionA as a,
     MotionAbbr as abbr,
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/motion/namespace.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/motion/namespace.ts
index dcf0ca4dea..ba18ad9db6 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/motion/namespace.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/render/components/motion/namespace.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export { createMotionComponent as create } from "./create"
+
 export {
     MotionA as a,
     MotionAbbr as abbr,