diff --git a/restapi.go b/restapi.go
index 2d5c91425..a89063152 100644
--- a/restapi.go
+++ b/restapi.go
@@ -1378,12 +1378,12 @@ func (s *Session) GuildEmojiCreate(guildID, name, image string, roles []string)
 // guildID : The ID of a Guild.
 // emojiID : The ID of an Emoji.
 // name    : The Name of the Emoji.
-// roles   : The roles for which this emoji will be whitelisted, can be nil.
+// roles   : The roles for which this emoji will be whitelisted, if nil or empty the roles will be reset.
 func (s *Session) GuildEmojiEdit(guildID, emojiID, name string, roles []string) (emoji *Emoji, err error) {
 
 	data := struct {
 		Name  string   `json:"name"`
-		Roles []string `json:"roles,omitempty"`
+		Roles []string `json:"roles"`
 	}{name, roles}
 
 	body, err := s.RequestWithBucketID("PATCH", EndpointGuildEmoji(guildID, emojiID), data, EndpointGuildEmojis(guildID))