diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/contracts.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/contracts.scrbl
index e2faf40e23..a4ad175e57 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/contracts.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/contracts.scrbl
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ Contracts in Racket are subdivided into three different categories:
                  that the value had before being wrapped by the contract
                  are preserved by the contract wrapper. 
                  
-                 All @tech{flat contracts} are also @tech{chaperone contracts} (but
-                 not vice-versa).}
+                 All @tech{flat contracts} may be used where @tech{chaperone contracts} are expected
+                 (but not vice-versa).}
          @item{@deftech{Impersonator @tech{contracts}} do not provide any 
                 guarantees about values they check. Impersonator contracts
                 may hide properties of values, or even make them completely
                 opaque (e.g, @racket[new-∀/c]).
                 
-                All @tech{contracts} are impersonator contracts.}]
+                All @tech{contracts} may be used where impersonator contracts are expected.}]
 
 For more about this hierarchy, see the section ``@secref["chaperones"]''
 as well as a research paper @cite{Strickland12} on chaperones, impersonators,
@@ -2231,7 +2231,10 @@ The @racket[stronger] argument is used to implement @racket[contract-stronger?].
 first argument is always the contract itself and the second argument is whatever
 was passed as the second argument to @racket[contract-stronger?]. If no
 @racket[stronger] argument is supplied, then a default that compares its arguments
-with @racket[equal?] is used.
+with @racket[equal?] is used for @tech{flat contracts} and @tech{chaperone contracts}.
+For @tech{impersonator contracts} constructed with @racket[make-contract] that do not
+supply the @racket[stronger] argument, @racket[contract-stronger?] returns @racket[#f].
+
 
 The @racket[is-list-contract?] argument is used by the @racket[list-contract?] predicate
 to determine if this is a contract that accepts only @racket[list?] values.
@@ -2957,8 +2960,9 @@ are below):
   Returns @racket[#t] if the contract @racket[c1] accepts either fewer
   or the same number of values as @racket[c2] does.
 
-  Contracts that are the same (i.e., where @racket[c1] is @racket[equal?]
-  to @racket[c2]) are considered to always be stronger than each other.
+  @tech{Chaperone contracts} and @tech{flat contracts} that are the same
+  (i.e., where @racket[c1] is @racket[equal?] to @racket[c2]) are
+  considered to always be stronger than each other.
   
   This function is conservative, so it may return @racket[#f] when
   @racket[c1] does, in fact, accept fewer values.
diff --git a/pkgs/racket-test/tests/racket/contract/stronger.rkt b/pkgs/racket-test/tests/racket/contract/stronger.rkt
index 43076baaa4..809c2b0318 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-test/tests/racket/contract/stronger.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/racket-test/tests/racket/contract/stronger.rkt
@@ -687,4 +687,24 @@
       (define one (mk 1))
       (define two (mk 2))
       (,test #f contract-stronger? one two)
-      (,test #t contract-stronger? two one))))
\ No newline at end of file
+      (,test #t contract-stronger? two one)))
+
+  (contract-eval
+   `(define imp-ctc
+      (make-contract
+       #:late-neg-projection (λ (blame) (λ (val neg) (add1 val))))))
+  (contract-eval
+   `(define imp-struct-ctc
+      (let ()
+        (struct imp-ctc-struct ()
+          #:property prop:contract
+          (build-contract-property
+           #:late-neg-projection
+           (λ (ctc)
+             (λ (blame)
+               (λ (val neg)
+                 (add1 val))))))
+        (imp-ctc-struct))))
+
+  (ctest #f contract-stronger? imp-ctc imp-ctc)
+  (ctest #f contract-stronger? imp-struct-ctc imp-struct-ctc))
diff --git a/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/prop.rkt b/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/prop.rkt
index 923d1c5f04..89daa2e962 100644
--- a/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/prop.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/prop.rkt
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@
 (define trail (make-parameter #f))
 (define (contract-struct-stronger? a b)
   (cond
-    [(equal? a b) #t]
+    [(and (equal? a b)
+          (or (flat-contract-struct? a)
+              (chaperone-contract-struct? a)))
+     #t]
     [else
      (define prop (contract-struct-property a))
      (define stronger? (contract-property-stronger prop))
@@ -494,7 +497,7 @@
             (late-neg-first-order-projection name first-order)]
            [else #f])]
         [else late-neg-projection])
-      (or stronger as-strong?)
+      (or stronger weakest)
       generate exercise
       (and list-contract? #t)))
 
@@ -510,12 +513,6 @@
            name
            v)))))
 
-(define (as-strong? a b)
-  (define late-neg-a (contract-struct-late-neg-projection a))
-  (define late-neg-b (contract-struct-late-neg-projection b))
-  (and late-neg-a late-neg-b
-       (procedure-closure-contents-eq? late-neg-a late-neg-b)))
-
 (define make-contract
   (procedure-rename 
    (build-contract make-make-contract 'anonymous-contract 'make-contract #f)