diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/README.md
index 79ac6e6bb3e4d..611467116459e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/README.md
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ Duration.days(7)        // 7 days
 Duration.parse('PT5M')  // 5 minutes
 ```
 
+Durations can be added or subtracted together:
+
+```ts
+Duration.minutes(1).plus(Duration.seconds(60)); // 2 minutes
+Duration.minutes(5).minus(Duration.seconds(10)); // 290 secondes
+```
+
 ## Size (Digital Information Quantity)
 
 To make specification of digital storage quantities unambiguous, a class called
@@ -805,7 +812,7 @@ regionTable.findInMap('us-east-2', 'regionName');
 ```
 
 On the other hand, the following code will produce the "Mappings" section shown above,
-since the top-level key is an unresolved token. The call to `findInMap` will return a token that resolves to 
+since the top-level key is an unresolved token. The call to `findInMap` will return a token that resolves to
 `{ "Fn::FindInMap": [ "RegionTable", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "regionName" ] }`.
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/duration.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/duration.ts
index 0061e7928e900..5c7bb804b917c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/duration.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/duration.ts
@@ -105,8 +105,17 @@ export class Duration {
    */
   public plus(rhs: Duration): Duration {
     const targetUnit = finestUnit(this.unit, rhs.unit);
-    const total = convert(this.amount, this.unit, targetUnit, {}) + convert(rhs.amount, rhs.unit, targetUnit, {});
-    return new Duration(total, targetUnit);
+    const res = convert(this.amount, this.unit, targetUnit, {}) + convert(rhs.amount, rhs.unit, targetUnit, {});
+    return new Duration(res, targetUnit);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Substract two Durations together
+   */
+  public minus(rhs: Duration): Duration {
+    const targetUnit = finestUnit(this.unit, rhs.unit);
+    const res = convert(this.amount, this.unit, targetUnit, {}) - convert(rhs.amount, rhs.unit, targetUnit, {});
+    return new Duration(res, targetUnit);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/duration.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/duration.test.ts
index 68da12881d3ba..c7cf230308634 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/duration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/duration.test.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ describe('duration', () => {
     expect(Duration.minutes(1).plus(Duration.seconds(30)).toSeconds()).toEqual(Duration.seconds(90).toSeconds());
     expect(Duration.minutes(1).plus(Duration.seconds(30)).toMinutes({ integral: false }))
       .toEqual(Duration.seconds(90).toMinutes({ integral: false }));
+  });
 
-
+  test('subtract two durations', () => {
+    expect(Duration.minutes(1).minus(Duration.seconds(30)).toSeconds()).toEqual(Duration.seconds(30).toSeconds());
+    expect(Duration.minutes(1).minus(Duration.seconds(30)).toMinutes({ integral: false }))
+      .toEqual(Duration.seconds(30).toMinutes({ integral: false }));
   });
 
   test('get unit label from duration', () => {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/README.md
index 40fc7c0d880af..254a58738b26d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/README.md
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ Duration.days(7)        // 7 days
 Duration.parse('PT5M')  // 5 minutes
 ```
 
+Durations can be added or subtracted together:
+
+```ts
+Duration.minutes(1).plus(Duration.seconds(60)); // 2 minutes
+Duration.minutes(5).minus(Duration.seconds(10)); // 290 secondes
+```
+
 ## Size (Digital Information Quantity)
 
 To make specification of digital storage quantities unambiguous, a class called
@@ -838,7 +845,7 @@ regionTable.findInMap('us-east-2', 'regionName');
 ```
 
 On the other hand, the following code will produce the "Mappings" section shown above,
-since the top-level key is an unresolved token. The call to `findInMap` will return a token that resolves to 
+since the top-level key is an unresolved token. The call to `findInMap` will return a token that resolves to
 `{ "Fn::FindInMap": [ "RegionTable", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "regionName" ] }`.
 
 ```ts