diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 49b06abb0..6aff6ce99 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-01-27  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSDistributedLock.m: ([description]) implemented
+
 2006-01-20  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m: ([addObject:]) fix error in check for
diff --git a/Source/NSDistributedLock.m b/Source/NSDistributedLock.m
index f9ce09b6b..004f2647a 100644
--- a/Source/NSDistributedLock.m
+++ b/Source/NSDistributedLock.m
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ static NSFileManager	*mgr = nil;
   [super dealloc];
 }
 
+- (NSString*) description
+{
+  if (_lockTime == nil)
+    {
+      return [[super description] stringByAppendingFormat:
+        @" path '%@' not locked", _lockPath];
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      return [[super description] stringByAppendingFormat:
+        @" path '%@' locked at %@", _lockPath, _lockTime];
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialises the receiver with the specified filesystem path.<br />
  * The location in the filesystem must be accessible for this