diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
index a270898c..b56131c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/AbsSender.java
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
                 if (sendDocument.getCaption() != null) {
                     nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(SendDocument.CAPTION_FIELD, sendDocument.getCaption()));
                 }
-                if (sendDocument.getReplyToMessageId() != null) {
+                if (sendDocument.getDisableNotification() != null) {
                     nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(SendDocument.DISABLENOTIFICATION_FIELD, sendDocument.getDisableNotification().toString()));
                 }
                 httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));