diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bad2225448..cc0477f08b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 - Fixed `Interaction.channel` not being resolved with user-installed commands ran in
   guilds which the bot is not a member of.
   ([#3047](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3047))
+- Fixed `Interaction.respond` and `ApplicationContext.respond` methods to explicitly
+  list their accepted parameters.
+  ([#3061](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3061))
+- Fixed an issue where the optional parameters of `InteractionResponse.send_message`
+  weren't type hinted as optional.
+  ([#3061](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3061))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/discord/commands/context.py b/discord/commands/context.py
index 73a6b39a45..b9d6f8eff0 100644
--- a/discord/commands/context.py
+++ b/discord/commands/context.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeVar, overload
 
 import discord.abc
 from discord.interactions import Interaction, InteractionMessage, InteractionResponse
@@ -38,15 +38,19 @@
 
     import discord
 
-    from .. import Bot
+    from .. import AllowedMentions, Bot
     from ..client import ClientUser
     from ..cog import Cog
+    from ..embeds import Embed
+    from ..file import File
     from ..guild import Guild
     from ..interactions import InteractionChannel
     from ..member import Member
     from ..message import Message
     from ..permissions import Permissions
+    from ..poll import Poll
     from ..state import ConnectionState
+    from ..ui import BaseView
     from ..user import User
     from ..voice_client import VoiceClient
     from ..webhook import WebhookMessage
@@ -277,12 +281,39 @@ def attachment_size_limit(self) -> int:
     def send_modal(self) -> Callable[..., Awaitable[Interaction]]:
         return self.interaction.response.send_modal
 
-    @property
+    @overload
+    async def respond(
+        self,
+        content: Any | None = None,
+        embed: Embed | None = None,
+        view: BaseView | None = None,
+        tts: bool = False,
+        ephemeral: bool = False,
+        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions | None = None,
+        file: File | None = None,
+        files: list[File] | None = None,
+        poll: Poll | None = None,
+        delete_after: float | None = None,
+    ) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage: ...
+
+    @overload
+    async def respond(
+        self,
+        content: Any | None = None,
+        embeds: list[Embed] | None = None,
+        view: BaseView | None = None,
+        tts: bool = False,
+        ephemeral: bool = False,
+        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions | None = None,
+        file: File | None = None,
+        files: list[File] | None = None,
+        poll: Poll | None = None,
+        delete_after: float | None = None,
+    ) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage: ...
+
     @discord.utils.copy_doc(Interaction.respond)
-    def respond(
-        self, *args, **kwargs
-    ) -> Callable[..., Awaitable[Interaction | WebhookMessage]]:
-        return self.interaction.respond
+    async def respond(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage:
+        return await self.interaction.respond(*args, **kwargs)
 
     @property
     @discord.utils.copy_doc(InteractionResponse.send_message)
diff --git a/discord/interactions.py b/discord/interactions.py
index 47498c6946..3578ca2f09 100644
--- a/discord/interactions.py
+++ b/discord/interactions.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import datetime
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Coroutine, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Coroutine, Union, overload
 
 from . import utils
 from .channel import ChannelType, PartialMessageable, _threaded_channel_factory
@@ -699,12 +699,75 @@ async def delete_original_message(self, **kwargs):
         """
         return await self.delete_original_response(**kwargs)
 
+    @overload
+    async def respond(
+        self,
+        content: Any | None = None,
+        embed: Embed | None = None,
+        view: BaseView | None = None,
+        tts: bool = False,
+        ephemeral: bool = False,
+        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions | None = None,
+        file: File | None = None,
+        files: list[File] | None = None,
+        poll: Poll | None = None,
+        delete_after: float | None = None,
+    ) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage: ...
+
+    @overload
+    async def respond(
+        self,
+        content: Any | None = None,
+        embeds: list[Embed] | None = None,
+        view: BaseView | None = None,
+        tts: bool = False,
+        ephemeral: bool = False,
+        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions | None = None,
+        file: File | None = None,
+        files: list[File] | None = None,
+        poll: Poll | None = None,
+        delete_after: float | None = None,
+    ) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage: ...
+
     async def respond(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Interaction | WebhookMessage:
         """|coro|
 
         Sends either a response or a message using the followup webhook determined by whether the interaction
         has been responded to or not.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        content: Optional[:class:`str`]
+            The content of the message to send.
+        embeds: List[:class:`Embed`]
+            A list of embeds to send with the content. Maximum of 10. This cannot
+            be mixed with the ``embed`` parameter.
+        embed: :class:`Embed`
+            The rich embed for the content to send. This cannot be mixed with
+            ``embeds`` parameter.
+        tts: :class:`bool`
+            Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.
+        view: :class:`discord.ui.BaseView`
+            The view to send with the message.
+        ephemeral: :class:`bool`
+            Indicates if the message should only be visible to the user who started the interaction.
+            If a view is sent with an ephemeral message, and it has no timeout set then the timeout
+            is set to 15 minutes.
+        allowed_mentions: :class:`AllowedMentions`
+            Controls the mentions being processed in this message.
+            See :meth:`.abc.Messageable.send` for more information.
+        delete_after: :class:`float`
+            If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background
+            before deleting the message we just sent.
+        file: :class:`File`
+            The file to upload.
+        files: List[:class:`File`]
+            A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.
+        poll: :class:`Poll`
+            The poll to send.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
         Returns
         -------
         Union[:class:`discord.Interaction`, :class:`discord.WebhookMessage`]:
@@ -951,16 +1014,16 @@ async def send_message(
         self,
         content: Any | None = None,
         *,
-        embed: Embed = None,
-        embeds: list[Embed] = None,
-        view: BaseView = None,
+        embed: Embed | None = None,
+        embeds: list[Embed] | None = None,
+        view: BaseView | None = None,
         tts: bool = False,
         ephemeral: bool = False,
-        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions = None,
-        file: File = None,
-        files: list[File] = None,
-        poll: Poll = None,
-        delete_after: float = None,
+        allowed_mentions: AllowedMentions | None = None,
+        file: File | None = None,
+        files: list[File] | None = None,
+        poll: Poll | None = None,
+        delete_after: float | None = None,
     ) -> Interaction:
         """|coro|