doc update
diff --git a/documentation/pyserial.rst b/documentation/pyserial.rst
index b3f035a..2a7fe42 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE_ for more
 details.
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Chris Liechti <cliechti(at)gmx.net>
+Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Chris Liechti <cliechti(at)gmx.net>
 
 Other pages (online)
 
diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
index 4763c6c..e0101d1 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@
         current settings so that a later point in time they can be restored
         using :meth:`apply_settings`.
 
-        Note that control lines (RTS/DTR) are part of the settings.
+        Note that the state of control lines (RTS/DTR) are not part of the
+        settings.
 
         .. versionadded:: 2.5
         .. versionchanged:: 3.0 renamed from ``getSettingsDict``
@@ -520,7 +521,21 @@
         .. versionchanged:: 2.7 (renamed on Posix, function was called ``flowControl``)
         .. versionchanged:: 3.0 renamed from ``setXON``
 
+    .. method:: cancel_read()
 
+        :platform: Windows
+
+        Cancel a pending read operation from an other thread.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.1
+
+    .. method:: cancel_write()
+
+        :platform: Windows
+
+        Cancel a pending write operation from an other thread.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.1
 
     .. note:: The following members are deprecated and will be removed in a
               future release.