# editMessageCaption

Source: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#editmessagecaption

[Documentation index](../llms.txt)

Use this method to edit captions of messages. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited [Message](message.md) is returned, otherwise *True* is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within **48 hours** from the time they were sent.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| business\_connection\_id | String | Optional | Unique identifier of the business connection on behalf of which the message to be edited was sent |
| chat\_id | Integer or String | Optional | Required if *inline\_message\_id* is not specified. Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target bot, supergroup, or channel in the format `@username`. |
| message\_id | Integer | Optional | Required if *inline\_message\_id* is not specified. Identifier of the message to edit. |
| inline\_message\_id | String | Optional | Required if *chat\_id* and *message\_id* are not specified. Identifier of the inline message. |
| caption | String | Optional | New caption of the message, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing |
| parse\_mode | String | Optional | Mode for parsing entities in the message caption. See [formatting options](formatting-options.md) for more details. |
| caption\_entities | Array of [MessageEntity](messageentity.md) | Optional | A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of *parse\_mode* |
| show\_caption\_above\_media | Boolean | Optional | Pass *True* if the caption must be shown above the message media. Supported only for animation, photo and video messages. |
| reply\_markup | [InlineKeyboardMarkup](inlinekeyboardmarkup.md) | Optional | A JSON-serialized object for an [inline keyboard](../external/bots/features.md#inline-keyboards) |