diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index af16489a4428..99faf51c6f3d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -520,10 +520,10 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
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   <td><code>spark.files.fetchTimeout</code></td>
-  <td>false</td>
+  <td>60</td>
   <td>
     Communication timeout to use when fetching files added through SparkContext.addFile() from
-    the driver.
+    the driver, in seconds.
   </td>
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