From 2fd860c78bb5539c68d0b78eb67031e6c7198952 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serj Berbeha <sergorgen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:47:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix get_messages type hint

---
 telethon/client/messages.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/telethon/client/messages.py b/telethon/client/messages.py
index 4ba14a10..18d6f8db 100644
--- a/telethon/client/messages.py
+++ b/telethon/client/messages.py
@@ -553,7 +553,9 @@ class MessageMethods:
             scheduled=scheduled
         )
 
-    async def get_messages(self: 'TelegramClient', *args, **kwargs) -> 'hints.TotalList':
+    async def get_messages(
+            self: 'TelegramClient', *args, **kwargs
+    ) -> typing.Union['hints.TotalList', typing.Optional['types.Message']]:
         """
         Same as `iter_messages()`, but returns a
         `TotalList <telethon.helpers.TotalList>` instead.