diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index fd296f24..538992b2 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ spring:
 
 ===== Setting HTTP Connection Timeout
 
-You can configure the time, in seconds, that the configuration server will wait to acquire an HTTP connection. Use the `git.timeout` property.
+You can configure the time, in seconds, that the configuration server will wait to acquire an HTTP connection. Use the `git.timeout` property (default is `5`).
 
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