diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4362d41..a9282c0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ CLI help
                             nameservers)
       -t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
                             number of seconds to wait for an answer from DNS
-                            (Default: 2.0)
+                            (Default: 6.0)
       -H HOST, --host HOST  IMAP hostname or IP address
       -u USER, --user USER  IMAP user
       -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 57c4864..f0e8891 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CLI help
                            nameservers)
      -t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
                            number of seconds to wait for an answer from DNS
-                           (Default: 2.0)
+                           (Default: 6.0)
      -H HOST, --host HOST  IMAP hostname or IP address
      -u USER, --user USER  IMAP user
      -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD