diff --git a/doc/classes/SceneTreeTimer.xml b/doc/classes/SceneTreeTimer.xml
index f24b95a13..8e1467ea7 100644
--- a/doc/classes/SceneTreeTimer.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/SceneTreeTimer.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		    yield(get_tree().create_timer(1.0), "timeout")
 		    print("Timer ended.")
 		[/codeblock]
-		The timer will be automatically freed after its time elapses.
+		The timer will be dereferenced after its time elapses. To preserve the timer, you can keep a reference to it. See [Reference].
 	</description>
 	<tutorials>
 	</tutorials>