diff --git a/drivers/TimerEvent.h b/drivers/TimerEvent.h
index 45c3c14900..3dda439e59 100644
--- a/drivers/TimerEvent.h
+++ b/drivers/TimerEvent.h
@@ -47,13 +47,31 @@ protected:
     // The handler called to service the timer event of the derived class
     virtual void handler() = 0;
 
-    // insert relative timestamp in to linked list
+    /** Set relative timestamp of the internal event.
+     * @param   timestamp   event's us timestamp
+     *
+     * @warning
+     * Do not insert more than one timestamp.
+     * The same @a event object is used for every @a insert/insert_absolute call.
+     *
+     * @warning
+     * Ticker's present timestamp is used for reference. For timestamps
+     * from the past the event is scheduled after ticker's overflow.
+     * For reference @see convert_timestamp
+     */
     void insert(timestamp_t timestamp);
 
-    // insert absolute timestamp into linked list
+    /** Set absolute timestamp of the internal event.
+     * @param   timestamp   event's us timestamp
+     *
+     * @warning
+     * Do not insert more than one timestamp.
+     * The same @a event object is used for every @a insert/insert_absolute call.
+     */
     void insert_absolute(us_timestamp_t timestamp);
 
-    // remove from linked list, if in it
+    /** Remove timestamp.
+     */
     void remove();
 
     ticker_event_t event;