From 869aeb5f64e8f773465daf78e4a80fba8e9677da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:49:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify documentation on Message.publish

---
 discord/message.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discord/message.py b/discord/message.py
index a94f553f3..a169a5008 100644
--- a/discord/message.py
+++ b/discord/message.py
@@ -841,8 +841,9 @@ class PartialMessage(Hashable):
     async def publish(self) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
-        Publishes this message to your announcement channel.
+        Publishes this message to the channel's followers.
 
+        The message must have been sent in a news channel.
         You must have :attr:`~Permissions.send_messages` to do this.
 
         If the message is not your own then :attr:`~Permissions.manage_messages`
@@ -851,7 +852,8 @@ class PartialMessage(Hashable):
         Raises
         -------
         Forbidden
-            You do not have the proper permissions to publish this message.
+            You do not have the proper permissions to publish this message
+            or the channel is not a news channel.
         HTTPException
             Publishing the message failed.
         """