The invention relates to a herbicidal composition which contains, besides binding, wetting, dispersing, emulsifying agents, solvents and/or surface-active substances, herbicides as active agent of thiocarbamate, carbamate, acid amide or urea type alone or in a combination, furthermore as antidote a compound of the general formula I STR1 wherein R1 and R2, independently of each other, are hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C1-4 cyanoalkyl, C1-6 haloalkyl, phenyl-C1-4 -haloalkyl, phenyl, halogenphenyl, C1-4 -alkyl-phenyl, C1-4 -alkoxyphenyl, furfuryl; R3 and R4, independently of each other, are hydrogen, C1-18 -alkyl, C2-4 -haloalkyl, C2-4 -cyanoalkyl, C1-4 -alkoxy-C2-4 -alkyl, C5-6 -cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-4 -alkyl, C3-4 -alkenyl, phenyl-C3-4 -alkenyl, di-C1-4 -alkylamino-C2-4 -alkyl, hydroxy-C2-6 -alkyl, furfuryl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, C1-4 -alkoxy-C2-4 -alkoxy-C2-4 -alkyl; R3 and R4, together, are C2-4 -alkylene, C4 -alkenylene, glucofuranosylene, acetoxy-C3 -alkylene, C1-4 -alkoxy-C3 -alkylene, hydroxy-C3 -alkylene, halogen-C3 -alkylene; wherein the quantity of the antidote lies between 0.01 and 15 parts by weight referred to 1 part by weight of herbicidal agent, furthermore the composition contains altogether 0.1 to 95 percent by weight of the herbicidal agents and the antidote.