diff --git a/src/Reflection/ReflectionType.php b/src/Reflection/ReflectionType.php
index 55c84b9b9..df32d74e6 100644
--- a/src/Reflection/ReflectionType.php
+++ b/src/Reflection/ReflectionType.php
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 use PhpParser\Node\UnionType;
 use Roave\BetterReflection\Reflector\Reflector;
 
+use function array_filter;
+use function array_values;
+use function count;
+
 abstract class ReflectionType
 {
     protected function __construct(
@@ -43,6 +47,15 @@ public static function createFromNode(
             return new ReflectionIntersectionType($reflector, $owner, $type);
         }
 
+        $nonNullTypes = array_values(array_filter(
+            $type->types,
+            static fn (Identifier|Name $type): bool => $type->toString() !== 'null',
+        ));
+
+        if (count($nonNullTypes) === 1) {
+            return self::createFromNode($reflector, $owner, $nonNullTypes[0], true);
+        }
+
         return new ReflectionUnionType($reflector, $owner, $type, $allowsNull);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/Reflection/ReflectionTypeTest.php b/test/unit/Reflection/ReflectionTypeTest.php
index 3642cedbf..bf40c3b5d 100644
--- a/test/unit/Reflection/ReflectionTypeTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/Reflection/ReflectionTypeTest.php
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ public function dataProvider(): array
             [new Node\NullableType(new Node\Identifier('string')), false, ReflectionNamedType::class, true],
             [new Node\IntersectionType([new Node\Name('A'), new Node\Name('B')]), false, ReflectionIntersectionType::class, false],
             [new Node\UnionType([new Node\Name('A'), new Node\Name('B')]), false, ReflectionUnionType::class, false],
+            'Union types composed of just `null` and a type are simplified into a ReflectionNamedType' => [
+                new Node\UnionType([new Node\Name('A'), new Node\Name('null')]),
+                false,
+                ReflectionNamedType::class,
+                true,
+            ],
+            'Union types composed of `null` and more than one type are kept as ReflectionUnionType' => [
+                new Node\UnionType([new Node\Name('A'), new Node\Name('B'), new Node\Name('null')]),
+                false,
+                ReflectionUnionType::class,
+                false,
+            ],
         ];
     }