diff --git a/docs/checks-examples.md b/docs/checks-examples.md
index a77f56e37d5..733674bc8eb 100644
--- a/docs/checks-examples.md
+++ b/docs/checks-examples.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ that include the hostname, for example:
 You can also specify the protocol to explicitly check HTTPS requests.
 
 The default behavior is to wait for 5 seconds before running the first check,
-and timeout each check to 30 minutes.
+and timeout each check to 30 seconds.
 
 By default, checks will be attempted 5 times.  (Retried 4 times)
 
diff --git a/plugins/checks/check-deploy b/plugins/checks/check-deploy
index 0d84b55eb73..744f44eb482 100755
--- a/plugins/checks/check-deploy
+++ b/plugins/checks/check-deploy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # You can also specify the protocol to explicitly check HTTPS requests.
 #
 # The default behavior is to wait for 5 seconds before running the first check,
-# and timeout each check to 30 minutes.
+# and timeout each check to 30 seconds.
 #
 # By default, checks will be retried 5 times.