diff --git a/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.avatar.yaml b/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.avatar.yaml
index 7d4b90b1..4b484f3f 100644
--- a/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.avatar.yaml
+++ b/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.avatar.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ properties:
           - $ref: core-event-schema/msgtype_infos/image_info.yaml
         description: Metadata about the image referred to in `url`.
       url:
-        description: The URL to the image.
+        description: |-
+          The URL to the image.
+
+          If this isn't set, that means a previous room avatar has been unset.
         type: string
-    required:
-      - url
     type: object
   state_key:
     description: A zero-length string.