diff --git a/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1425.feature b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1425.feature
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Note that `/_matrix/federation/v2/send_join` should include heroes for nameless rooms, even when allowed to omit membership events, per [MSC3943](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3943).
diff --git a/data/api/server-server/joins-v2.yaml b/data/api/server-server/joins-v2.yaml
index 1248c0c9..129e5d2e 100644
--- a/data/api/server-server/joins-v2.yaml
+++ b/data/api/server-server/joins-v2.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ paths:
             If `true`, indicates that that calling server can accept a reduced
             response, in which membership events are omitted from `state` and
             redundant events are omitted from `auth_chain`.
+
+            If the room to be joined has no `m.room.name` nor
+            `m.room.canonical_alias` events in its current state, the resident
+            server should determine the room members who would be included in
+            the `m.heroes` property of the room summary as defined in the
+            [Client-Server /sync
+            response](/client-server-api/#get_matrixclientv3sync). The resident
+            server should include these members' membership events in the
+            response `state` field, and include the auth chains for these
+            membership events in the response `auth_chain` field.
           x-addedInMatrixVersion: "1.6"
         - in: body
           name: body