diff --git a/plugins/http/http_request_time b/plugins/http/http_request_time
index 2b9b1b9d..1732da67 100755
--- a/plugins/http/http_request_time
+++ b/plugins/http/http_request_time
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
   env.url3_name  some_munin_internal_name
   env.url3_label Some random page on our website
   env.url3_proxy http://firewall:3128
+  env.timeout 3
+
+Timeout is the timeout of any HTTP request. Tune to avoid a complete
+timeout of the plugin.
 
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