docs: clarify the types of Message parameters (#486)

googleapis · Sep 2, 2021 · 633e91b · 633e91b
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diff --git a/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/subscriber/message.py b/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/subscriber/message.py
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ def __init__(self, message, ack_id, delivery_attempt, request_queue):
             responsibility of :class:`BasePolicy` subclasses to do so.
 
         Args:
-            message (~.pubsub_v1.types.PubsubMessage): The message received
-                from Pub/Sub. For performance reasons it should be the the raw
-                protobuf message wrapped by the ``PubsubMessage`` class obtained
-                through the message's ``.pb()`` method.
+            message (`pubsub_v1.types.PubsubMessage._meta._pb`):
+                The message received from Pub/Sub. For performance reasons it should be
+                the raw protobuf message normally wrapped by
+                :class:`~pubsub_v1.types.PubsubMessage`. A raw message can be obtained
+                from a  :class:`~pubsub_v1.types.PubsubMessage` instance through the
+                latter's ``._pb`` attribute.
             ack_id (str): The ack_id received from Pub/Sub.
             delivery_attempt (int): The delivery attempt counter received
                 from Pub/Sub if a DeadLetterPolicy is set on the subscription,