diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 55566a80..29b18d92 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -602,3 +602,6 @@ Christoph Friederich <christoph.friederich@gmx.de>
 
 Andreas Brachold <andy03@deltab.de>
  for his support in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
+
+Manuel Hartl <icecep@gmx.net>
+ for suggesting to extend the logging info when starting/stopping timers
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 9c330bdb..18bf94f1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2072,3 +2072,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Removed the Mute() call from cDvbDevice::StillPicture() (suggested by Andreas
   Schultz).
 - Updated 'channels.conf.terr' for Berlin (thanks to Andreas Brachold).
+- Extended logging info when starting/stopping timers to show the channel number,
+  start/stop time and the file name (suggested by Manuel Hartl).
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 8e2bead3..8c982e2d 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 1.3 2002/11/24 14:29:21 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 1.4 2003/04/27 11:11:45 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ time_t cTimer::StopTime(void)
 void cTimer::SetRecording(bool Recording)
 {
   recording = Recording;
-  isyslog("timer %d %s", Index() + 1, recording ? "start" : "stop");
+  isyslog("timer %d (%d %04d-%04d '%s') %s", Index() + 1, Channel()->Number(), start, stop, file, recording ? "start" : "stop");
 }
 
 void cTimer::SetPending(bool Pending)