diff --git a/telegram/bot.py b/telegram/bot.py
index 99f908d2d..d817d7354 100644
--- a/telegram/bot.py
+++ b/telegram/bot.py
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
           Returns a telegram.Message object.
         """
 
-        url = '%s/editMessage' % self.base_url
+        url = '%s/editMessageText' % self.base_url
 
         data = {}