diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 3f10d677e5..6fa74fff4b 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ All:
 - improved wxScrolledWindow/sizer interaction
 - fixed assert (and crash in debug) in wxFileConfigGroup::DeleteSubgroupByName
 - fix for deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
+- wxStopWatch::Start() didn't resume it contrary to the docs
 
 Unix (GUI):
 
diff --git a/src/common/timercmn.cpp b/src/common/timercmn.cpp
index 75864185a2..b40122a1fe 100644
--- a/src/common/timercmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/timercmn.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ void wxStopWatch::Start(long t)
 {
     m_t0 = wxGetLocalTimeMillis() - t;
     m_pause = 0;
+    m_pauseCount = 0;
 }
 
 long wxStopWatch::GetElapsedTime() const