diff --git a/internal/actors/timeout/actor.go b/internal/actors/timeout/actor.go
index 2e856e1..fd5c13b 100644
--- a/internal/actors/timeout/actor.go
+++ b/internal/actors/timeout/actor.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package timeout
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-irc/irc"
@@ -12,7 +13,14 @@ import (
 
 const actorName = "timeout"
 
+var (
+	formatMessage  plugins.MsgFormatter
+	ptrStringEmpty = func(v string) *string { return &v }("")
+)
+
 func Register(args plugins.RegistrationArguments) error {
+	formatMessage = args.FormatMessage
+
 	args.RegisterActor(actorName, func() plugins.Actor { return &actor{} })
 
 	args.RegisterActorDocumentation(plugins.ActionDocumentation{
@@ -30,6 +38,15 @@ func Register(args plugins.RegistrationArguments) error {
 				SupportTemplate: false,
 				Type:            plugins.ActionDocumentationFieldTypeDuration,
 			},
+			{
+				Default:         "",
+				Description:     "Reason why the user was timed out",
+				Key:             "reason",
+				Name:            "Reason",
+				Optional:        true,
+				SupportTemplate: true,
+				Type:            plugins.ActionDocumentationFieldTypeString,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -39,12 +56,27 @@ func Register(args plugins.RegistrationArguments) error {
 type actor struct{}
 
 func (a actor) Execute(c *irc.Client, m *irc.Message, r *plugins.Rule, eventData *plugins.FieldCollection, attrs *plugins.FieldCollection) (preventCooldown bool, err error) {
+	cmd := []string{
+		"/timeout",
+		plugins.DeriveUser(m, eventData),
+		strconv.FormatInt(int64(attrs.MustDuration("duration", nil)/time.Second), 10),
+	}
+
+	reason, err := formatMessage(attrs.MustString("reason", ptrStringEmpty), m, r, eventData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "executing reason template")
+	}
+
+	if reason != "" {
+		cmd = append(cmd, reason)
+	}
+
 	return false, errors.Wrap(
 		c.WriteMessage(&irc.Message{
 			Command: "PRIVMSG",
 			Params: []string{
 				plugins.DeriveChannel(m, eventData),
-				fmt.Sprintf("/timeout %s %d", plugins.DeriveUser(m, eventData), attrs.MustDuration("duration", nil)/time.Second),
+				strings.Join(cmd, " "),
 			},
 		}),
 		"sending timeout",