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diff --git a/src/thread.h b/src/thread.h
index d3dd1867..dc8418dc 100644
--- a/src/thread.h
+++ b/src/thread.h
@@ -143,20 +143,21 @@ struct MainThread : public Thread {
 };
 
 struct TimerThread : public ThreadBase {
-  TimerThread() : msec(0) {}
+  TimerThread() : run(false) {}
   virtual void idle_loop();
-  int msec;
+  bool run;
+  static const int Resolution = 5; // msec between two check_time() calls
 };
 
 
 /// ThreadPool struct handles all the threads related stuff like init, starting,
-/// parking and, the most important, launching a slave thread at a split point.
+/// parking and, most importantly, launching a slave thread at a split point.
 /// All the access to shared thread data is done through this class.
 
 struct ThreadPool : public std::vector<Thread*> {
 
   void init(); // No c'tor and d'tor, threads rely on globals that should
-  void exit(); // be initialized and valid during the whole thread lifetime.
+  void exit(); // be initialized and are valid during the whole thread lifetime.
 
   MainThread* main() { return static_cast<MainThread*>((*this)[0]); }
   void read_uci_options();