diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfc10483..04efe45e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ The plugin provides the `Leader` object, with the following methods:
 > are final actions, where one does not wish to continue the leader sequence
 > further in the hopes of finding a longer match.
 
+### `.timeOut`
+
+> The number of loop iterations to wait before a sequence times out. Once the
+> sequence timed out, if there is a partial match with an action, that will be
+> performed, otherwise the Leader sequence will simply reset.
+>
+> Not strictly a method, it is a variable one can assign a new value to.
+>
+> Defaults to 20.
+
 ## Further reading
 
 Starting from the [example][plugin:example] is the recommended way of getting
diff --git a/src/Akela/Leader.h b/src/Akela/Leader.h
index c11f2ed0..618e159a 100644
--- a/src/Akela/Leader.h
+++ b/src/Akela/Leader.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Akela {
 
     static void configure (const dictionary_t dictionary[]);
     static void reset (void);
+    static uint8_t timeOut;
 
     void inject (Key key, uint8_t keyState);
 
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ namespace Akela {
     static Key sequence[LEADER_MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH + 1];
     static uint8_t sequencePos;
     static uint8_t timer;
-    static uint8_t timeOut;
     static const Leader::dictionary_t *dictionary;
 
     static Key eventHandlerHook (Key mappedKey, byte row, byte col, uint8_t keyState);