diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index d3cc2e500..de6d76a82 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ def add_middleware_handler(self, handler, update_types=None):
         else:
             self.default_middleware_handlers.append(handler)
 
-    def message_handler(self, commands=None, regexp=None, func=None, content_types=None, chat_types=None, state=None, **kwargs):
+    def message_handler(self, commands=None, regexp=None, func=None, content_types=None, chat_types=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Message handler decorator.
         This decorator can be used to decorate functions that must handle certain types of messages.