diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 7e23a25..3e88663 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "gRPCClient"
 uuid = "aaca4a50-36af-4a1d-b878-4c443f2061ad"
 authors = ["Tanmay K.M. <tanmaykm@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 
 [deps]
 Downloads = "f43a241f-c20a-4ad4-852c-f6b1247861c6"
diff --git a/src/curl.jl b/src/curl.jl
index 06b92a5..6d13af0 100644
--- a/src/curl.jl
+++ b/src/curl.jl
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ function recv_data(easy::Curl.Easy, output::Channel{T}, max_recv_message_length:
 end
 
 function set_connect_timeout(easy::Curl.Easy, timeout::Real)
-    (0 ≤ timeout ≤ (typemax(Clong) ÷ 1000)) ||
-        throw(ArgumentError("timeout must be positive, got $timeout"))
+    maxval = typemax(Clong) ÷ 1000
+    (0 ≤ timeout ≤ maxval) ||
+        throw(ArgumentError("timeout value must be between 0 and $maxval, got $timeout"))
     timeout_ms = round(Clong, timeout * 1000)
     Curl.setopt(easy, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, timeout_ms)
 end