diff --git a/docs/Timers.md b/docs/Timers.md
index 974083c61..dd6152c98 100644
--- a/docs/Timers.md
+++ b/docs/Timers.md
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ var Component = React.createClass({
 });
 ```
 
-We strongly discourage using bare timers and always recommend using this mixin. This will eliminate a lot of hard work tracking down bugs.
+We strongly discourage using `setTimeout(...)` and recommend using `this.setTimeout(...)`. 
+This will eliminate a lot of hard work tracking down bugs.