diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/DialogContentText/DialogContentText.test.js b/packages/material-ui/src/DialogContentText/DialogContentText.test.js
index 6b9ecb1000ee06..4c19a3c7652ab9 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/DialogContentText/DialogContentText.test.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/DialogContentText/DialogContentText.test.js
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { createShallow, getClasses } from '@material-ui/core/test-utils';
+import { createMount, createShallow, describeConformance, getClasses } from '../test-utils';
 import DialogContentText from './DialogContentText';
+import Typography from '../Typography';
 
 describe('<DialogContentText />', () => {
+  let mount;
   let shallow;
   let classes;
 
   before(() => {
+    mount = createMount();
     shallow = createShallow({ dive: true });
     classes = getClasses(<DialogContentText />);
   });
 
-  describe('prop: className', () => {
-    it('should render with the user and root classes', () => {
-      const wrapper = shallow(<DialogContentText className="woofDialogContentText" />);
-      assert.strictEqual(wrapper.props().className, 'woofDialogContentText');
-      assert.strictEqual(wrapper.props().classes.root, classes.root);
-    });
+  after(() => {
+    mount.cleanUp();
   });
 
+  describeConformance(<DialogContentText>foo</DialogContentText>, () => ({
+    classes,
+    inheritComponent: Typography,
+    mount,
+    refInstanceof: window.HTMLParagraphElement,
+    skip: ['componentProp'],
+  }));
+
   describe('prop: children', () => {
     it('should render children', () => {
       const children = <p />;
diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/test-utils/describeConformance.js b/packages/material-ui/src/test-utils/describeConformance.js
index 0d1c71e596ac79..e4868dfa10207c 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/test-utils/describeConformance.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/test-utils/describeConformance.js
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ const fullSuite = {
  * @property {string} classes - `classes` of the component provided by `@material-ui/styles`
  * @property {string} inheritComponent - The element type that receives spread props.
  * @property {function} mount - Should be a return value from createMount
- * @property {string[]?} only - If specified only run the tests listed
+ * @property {(keyof typeof fullSuite)[]?} only - If specified only run the tests listed
  * @property {boolean} refInstanceof - `ref` will be an instanceof this constructor.
- * @property {string[]?} skip - Skip the specified tests
+ * @property {keyof typeof fullSuite[]?} skip - Skip the specified tests
  * @property {string?} testComponentPropWith - The host component that should be rendered instead.
  */
 
diff --git a/pages/api/dialog-content-text.md b/pages/api/dialog-content-text.md
index 7ba6927b5043fe..56c3accc005f55 100644
--- a/pages/api/dialog-content-text.md
+++ b/pages/api/dialog-content-text.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import DialogContentText from '@material-ui/core/DialogContentText';
 | <span class="prop-name">children</span> | <span class="prop-type">node</span> |  | The content of the component. |
 | <span class="prop-name">classes</span> | <span class="prop-type">object</span> |  | Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See [CSS API](#css) below for more details. |
 
-The component cannot hold a ref.
+The `ref` is forwarded to the root element.
 
 Any other properties supplied will be spread to the root element ([Typography](/api/typography/)).