diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2649262f..c1b62fc3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2928,6 +2928,7 @@ Lars Hanisch <dvb@flensrocker.de>
  for adding a missing backslash to the help text of the SVDRP command MOVR
  for fixing a memory leak in case of broken Extended Event Descriptors
  for adding a 'const' version of cTimers::GetTimer()
+ for fixing a typo in the description of cTimers::GetTimersRead()
 
 Alex Lasnier <alex@fepg.org>
  for adding tuning support for ATSC devices
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f1289f6d..1ea29322 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8872,3 +8872,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   (reported by Sergey Chernyavskiy).
 - Updated the Estonian OSD texts (thanks to Arthur Konovalov).
 - Added a 'const' version of cTimers::GetTimer() (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
+- Fixed a typo in the description of cTimers::GetTimersRead() (thanks to Lars
+  Hanisch).
diff --git a/timers.h b/timers.h
index 624347c6..d87b57ad 100644
--- a/timers.h
+++ b/timers.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.h 4.4 2016/12/22 14:23:50 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.h 4.5 2016/12/22 14:30:33 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TIMERS_H
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public:
   cTimers(void);
   static const cTimers *GetTimersRead(cStateKey &StateKey, int TimeoutMs = 0);
       ///< Gets the list of timers for read access. If TimeoutMs is given,
-      ///< it will wait that long to get a write lock before giving up.
+      ///< it will wait that long to get a read lock before giving up.
       ///< Otherwise it will wait indefinitely. If no read lock can be
       ///< obtained within the given timeout, NULL will be returned.
       ///< The list is locked and a pointer to it is returned if the state