diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js b/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
index 0d50cbed0..bc348ed9c 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const Messages = {
 
   MESSAGE_BULK_DELETE_TYPE: 'The messages must be an Array, Collection, or number.',
   MESSAGE_NONCE_TYPE: 'Message nonce must be an integer or a string.',
-  MESSAGE_CONTENT_TYPE: 'Message content must be a non-empty string.',
+  MESSAGE_CONTENT_TYPE: 'Message content must be a string.',
 
   SPLIT_MAX_LEN: 'Chunk exceeds the max length and contains no split characters.',
 
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/structures/MessagePayload.js b/packages/discord.js/src/structures/MessagePayload.js
index 8a99b59a0..ef448e95b 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/structures/MessagePayload.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/structures/MessagePayload.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class MessagePayload {
     if (this.options.content === null) {
       content = '';
     } else if (typeof this.options.content !== 'undefined') {
-      content = Util.verifyString(this.options.content, RangeError, 'MESSAGE_CONTENT_TYPE', false);
+      content = Util.verifyString(this.options.content, RangeError, 'MESSAGE_CONTENT_TYPE', true);
     }
 
     return content;