diff --git a/discord/abc.py b/discord/abc.py
index 306f01579..4450693c6 100644
--- a/discord/abc.py
+++ b/discord/abc.py
@@ -140,12 +140,17 @@ class MessageChannel(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
-    def send_message(self, content, *, tts=False):
+    def send_message(self, content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None):
         """|coro|
 
         Sends a message to the channel with the content given.
 
         The content must be a type that can convert to a string through ``str(content)``.
+        If the content is set to ``None`` (the default), then the ``embed`` parameter must
+        be provided.
+
+        If the ``embed`` parameter is provided, it must be of type :class:`Embed` and
+        it must be a rich embed type.
 
         Parameters
         ------------
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ class MessageChannel(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
             The content of the message to send.
         tts: bool
             Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.
+        embed: :class:`Embed`
+            The rich embed for the content.
 
         Raises
         --------
@@ -168,8 +175,11 @@ class MessageChannel(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
 
         channel_id, guild_id = self._get_destination()
-        content = str(content)
-        data = yield from self._state.http.send_message(channel_id, content, guild_id=guild_id, tts=tts)
+        content = str(content) if content else None
+        if embed is not None:
+            embed = embed.to_dict()
+
+        data = yield from self._state.http.send_message(channel_id, content, guild_id=guild_id, tts=tts, embed=embed)
         return Message(channel=self, state=self._state, data=data)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
diff --git a/discord/message.py b/discord/message.py
index fc462e5c5..7c41efa34 100644
--- a/discord/message.py
+++ b/discord/message.py
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class Message:
         yield from self._state.http.delete_message(self.channel.id, self.id, getattr(self.guild, 'id', None))
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
-    def edit(self, *, content: str):
+    def edit(self, *, content: str = None, embed: Embed = None):
         """|coro|
 
         Edits the message.
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ class Message:
         -----------
         content: str
             The new content to replace the message with.
+        embed: :class:`Embed`
+            The new embed to replace the original with.
 
         Raises
         -------
@@ -423,7 +425,9 @@ class Message:
         """
 
         guild_id = getattr(self.guild, 'id', None)
-        data = yield from self._state.http.edit_message(self.id, self.channel.id, str(content), guild_id=guild_id)
+        content = str(content) if content else None
+        embed = embed.to_dict() if embed else None
+        data = yield from self._state.http.edit_message(self.id, self.channel.id, content, guild_id=guild_id, embed=embed)
         self._update(channel=self.channel, data=data)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine