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diff --git a/bot/resources/tags/on-message-event.md b/bot/resources/tags/on-message-event.md index ae98e1495..35a841f87 100644 --- a/bot/resources/tags/on-message-event.md +++ b/bot/resources/tags/on-message-event.md @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ embed: title: "The `on_message` event" --- -When registering the `on_message` event, prefix commands may stop working as it overrides the default behaviour of the `on_message` event. +Registering the `on_message` event with [`@bot.event`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/api.html#discord.ext.commands.Bot.event) will override the default behavior of the event. This may cause prefix commands to stop working, because they rely on the default `on_message` event. -Instead, use [`@bot.listen`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/api.html#discord.ext.commands.Bot.listen) to add a listener. Listeners get added alongside the default `on_message` event, preventing an override of on_message, and allowing prefix commands to still be invoked. +Instead, use [`@bot.listen`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/api.html#discord.ext.commands.Bot.listen) to add a listener. Listeners get added alongside the default `on_message` event, rather than overriding it, so prefix commands can still be invoked as usual: ```python @bot.listen('on_message') |