diff --git a/docs/develop/python/message-passing.mdx b/docs/develop/python/message-passing.mdx
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+++ b/docs/develop/python/message-passing.mdx
@@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ Here are three important use cases for `workflow.wait_condition`:
 - Wait in a handler until it's appropriate to continue.
 - Wait in the main Workflow until all active handlers have finished.
 
-#### Use wait conditions in handlers
-
 #### Wait for a Signal or Update to arrive
 It's common to use `workflow.condition` to wait for a particular Signal or Update to be sent by a Client:
 
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ class GreetingWorkflow:
         return self.greetings[self.language]
 ```
 
-### Use wait conditions in handlers
+#### Use wait conditions in handlers {#wait-in-message-handler}
 
 It's common to use a Workflow wait condition to wait until a handler should start.
 You can also use wait conditions anywhere else in the handler to wait for a specific condition to become `True`.
@@ -457,8 +455,6 @@ The `workflow.wait_condition` method waits until your condition is met:
         )
 ```
 
-Remember: handlers can execute before the main Workflow method starts.
-
 You can also use wait conditions anywhere else in the handler to wait for a specific condition to become true.
 This allows you to write handlers that pause at multiple points, each time waiting for a required condition to become true.
 
@@ -490,6 +486,51 @@ You can silence these warnings on a per-handler basis by passing the `unfinished
 
 See [Finishing handlers before the Workflow completes](/encyclopedia/workflow-message-passing#finishing-message-handlers) for more information.
 
+
+### Use `@workflow.init` to operate on Workflow input before any handler executes
+
+Normally, your Workflow `__init__` method won't have any parameters.
+However, if you use the `@workflow.init` decorator on your `__init__` method, you can give it the same [Workflow parameters](/develop/python/core-application#workflow-parameters) as your `@workflow.run` method.
+The SDK will then ensure that your `__init__` method receives the Workflow input arguments that the  [Client sent](/develop/python/temporal-clients#start-workflow-execution).
+(The Workflow input arguments are also passed to your `@workflow.run` method -- that always happens, whether or not you use the `@workflow.init` decorator.)
+This is useful if you have message handlers that need access to workflow input: see [Initializing the Workflow first](/encyclopedia/workflow-message-passing#workflow-initializers).
+
+Here's an example.
+Notice that `__init__` and `get_greeting` must have the same parameters, with the same type annotations:
+
+```python
+@dataclass
+class MyWorkflowInput:
+    name: str
+
+
+@workflow.defn
+class WorkflowRunSeesWorkflowInitWorkflow:
+    @workflow.init
+    def __init__(self, workflow_input: MyWorkflowInput) -> None:
+        self.name_with_title = f"Sir {workflow_input.name}"
+        self.title_has_been_checked = False
+
+    @workflow.run
+    async def get_greeting(self, workflow_input: MyWorkflowInput) -> str:
+        await workflow.wait_condition(lambda: self.title_has_been_checked)
+        return f"Hello, {self.name_with_title}"
+
+    @workflow.update
+    async def check_title_validity(self) -> bool:
+        # 👉 The handler is now guaranteed to see the workflow input
+        # after it has been processed by __init__.
+        is_valid = await workflow.execute_activity(
+            check_title_validity,
+            self.name_with_title,
+            schedule_to_close_timeout=timedelta(seconds=10),
+        )
+        self.title_has_been_checked = True
+        return is_valid
+```
+
+
+
 ### Use `asyncio.Lock` to prevent concurrent handler execution {#control-handler-concurrency}
 
 Concurrent processes can interact in unpredictable ways.