diff --git a/docs/invoking.rst b/docs/invoking.rst
index 5b09463fa..7c91dea14 100644
--- a/docs/invoking.rst
+++ b/docs/invoking.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ the executable.
           --rcv-timeout #
                  set idle timeout for receiving data  during  active  tests.  The
                  receiver will halt a test if no data is received from the sender
-                 for this number of ms (default to 12000 ms, or 2 minutes).
+                 for this number of ms (default to 120000 ms, or 2 minutes).
    
           --snd-timeout #
                  set timeout for unacknowledged TCP data (on both test  and  con-
diff --git a/src/iperf3.1 b/src/iperf3.1
index a9ae6f66a..2efd53dea 100644
--- a/src/iperf3.1
+++ b/src/iperf3.1
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ follow the \fB--timestamps\fR option with no whitespace intervening.
 .BR --rcv-timeout " \fI#\fR"
 set idle timeout for receiving data during active tests. The receiver
 will halt a test if no data is received from the sender for this
-number of ms (default to 12000 ms, or 2 minutes).
+number of ms (default to 120000 ms, or 2 minutes).
 .TP
 .BR --snd-timeout " \fI#\fR"
 set timeout for unacknowledged TCP data (on both test and control