From 87254ec4f6d8cedbad3b28bc73ca3209a0fa1d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:11:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Document starter message requirements in
 ForumChannel.create_thread

---
 discord/channel.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/discord/channel.py b/discord/channel.py
index dbfdde328..d2e9f7095 100644
--- a/discord/channel.py
+++ b/discord/channel.py
@@ -2483,6 +2483,9 @@ class ForumChannel(discord.abc.GuildChannel, Hashable):
         This thread is a public thread with the initial message given. Currently in order
         to start a thread in this forum, the user needs :attr:`~discord.Permissions.send_messages`.
 
+        You must send at least one of ``content``, ``embed``, ``embeds``, ``file``, ``files``,
+        or ``view`` to create a thread in a forum, since forum channels must have a starter message.
+
         Parameters
         -----------
         name: :class:`str`