diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2d9708cd..4bcef409 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ Marco Schl
  for adding an 'Id' parameter to cDevice::PlayAudio() to allow plugins to easier
  process the audio data
  for improving OSD area handling in cDvbSpuDecoder
+ for suggesting to log the description (if present) in case a thread is canceled
 
 Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in displaying the current channel when switching via the SVDRP
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 77ac3f4c..143617cb 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4327,3 +4327,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   symbolic links, which might indicate a recursive link loop (based on a patch
   from Helmut Auer).
 - Improved OSD area handling in cDvbSpuDecoder (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
+- Now logging the description (if present) in case a thread is canceled (suggested
+  by Marco Schlüßler).
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 5d5e18bd..3293b1d4 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 1.52 2006/01/28 11:34:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 1.53 2006/02/12 12:24:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void cThread::Cancel(int WaitSeconds)
                return;
             cCondWait::SleepMs(10);
             }
-        esyslog("ERROR: thread %d won't end (waited %d seconds) - canceling it...", childThreadId, WaitSeconds);
+        esyslog("ERROR: %s thread %d won't end (waited %d seconds) - canceling it...", description ? description : "", childThreadId, WaitSeconds);
         }
      pthread_cancel(childTid);
      childTid = 0;