diff --git a/readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst b/readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst
index 7d047e2e..91ec043d 100644
--- a/readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst
+++ b/readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst
@@ -750,3 +750,5 @@ keep support for explicit size instance?
 renamed send_read_acknowledge. add send_read_acknowledge as alias for mark_read?
 
 force sms removed as it was broken anyway and not very reliable
+
+you can now await client.action for a one-off any action not just cancel
diff --git a/telethon/_client/chats.py b/telethon/_client/chats.py
index acba307e..f900ce6d 100644
--- a/telethon/_client/chats.py
+++ b/telethon/_client/chats.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class _ChatAction:
         self._task = None
         self._running = False
 
+    def __await__(self):
+        return self._once().__await__()
+
     async def __aenter__(self):
         self._chat = await self._client.get_input_entity(self._chat)
 
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ class _ChatAction:
 
             self._task = None
 
+    async def _once(self):
+        self._chat = await self._client.get_input_entity(self._chat)
+        await self._client(_tl.fn.messages.SetTyping(self._chat, self._action))
+
     async def _update(self):
         try:
             while self._running:
@@ -456,11 +463,6 @@ def action(
         auto_cancel: bool = True) -> 'typing.Union[_ChatAction, typing.Coroutine]':
     action = _ChatAction._parse(action)
 
-    if isinstance(action, _tl.SendMessageCancelAction):
-        # ``SetTyping.resolve`` will get input peer of ``entity``.
-        return self(_tl.fn.messages.SetTyping(
-            entity, _tl.SendMessageCancelAction()))
-
     return _ChatAction(
         self, entity, action, delay=delay, auto_cancel=auto_cancel)