diff --git a/include/wx/treebase.h b/include/wx/treebase.h
index f7513bb2ab..3c75616d22 100644
--- a/include/wx/treebase.h
+++ b/include/wx/treebase.h
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ public:
     bool IsEditCancelled() const { return m_editCancelled; }
     void SetEditCanceled(bool editCancelled) { m_editCancelled = editCancelled; }
 
-        // Set the tooltip for the item (for EVT\_TREE\_ITEM\_GETTOOLTIP events)
+        // Set the tooltip for the item (for EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP events)
     void SetToolTip(const wxString& toolTip) { m_label = toolTip; }
-    wxString GetToolTip() { return m_label; }
+    wxString GetToolTip() const { return m_label; }
 
 private:
     // not all of the members are used (or initialized) for all events