diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/AbstractClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/AbstractClient.java
index 67222981a64..ff46d8bdbf4 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/AbstractClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/AbstractClient.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ protected void connect() throws RemotingException {
             if (!isConnected()) {
                 throw new RemotingException(this, "Failed connect to server " + getRemoteAddress() + " from " + getClass().getSimpleName() + " "
                         + NetUtils.getLocalHost() + " using dubbo version " + Version.getVersion()
-                        + ", cause: Connect wait timeout: " + getTimeout() + "ms.");
+                        + ", cause: Connect wait timeout: " + getConnectTimeout() + "ms.");
             } else {
                 if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
                     logger.info("Successed connect to server " + getRemoteAddress() + " from " + getClass().getSimpleName() + " "
diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-grizzly/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/grizzly/GrizzlyClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-grizzly/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/grizzly/GrizzlyClient.java
index 6ab20a71301..6278c77e7b4 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-grizzly/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/grizzly/GrizzlyClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-grizzly/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/grizzly/GrizzlyClient.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
                 .setMaxPoolSize(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                 .setKeepAliveTime(60L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         builder.setTcpNoDelay(true).setKeepAlive(true)
-                .setConnectionTimeout(getTimeout())
+                .setConnectionTimeout(getConnectTimeout())
                 .setIOStrategy(SameThreadIOStrategy.getInstance());
         transport = builder.build();
         transport.setProcessor(filterChainBuilder.build());
diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-mina/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/mina/MinaClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-mina/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/mina/MinaClient.java
index 6f0ab9fe489..736f582a11b 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-mina/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/mina/MinaClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-mina/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/mina/MinaClient.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
             cfg.setThreadModel(ThreadModel.MANUAL);
             cfg.getSessionConfig().setTcpNoDelay(true);
             cfg.getSessionConfig().setKeepAlive(true);
-            int timeout = getTimeout();
+            int timeout = getConnectTimeout();
             cfg.setConnectTimeout(timeout < 1000 ? 1 : timeout / 1000);
             // set codec.
             connector.getFilterChain().addLast("codec", new ProtocolCodecFilter(new MinaCodecAdapter(getCodec(), getUrl(), this)));
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ public void operationComplete(IoFuture future) {
             }
         });
         try {
-            finish.await(getTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            finish.await(getConnectTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw new RemotingException(this, "client(url: " + getUrl() + ") failed to connect to server " + getRemoteAddress() + " client-side timeout "
-                    + getTimeout() + "ms (elapsed: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)
+                    + getConnectTimeout() + "ms (elapsed: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)
                     + "ms) from netty client " + NetUtils.getLocalHost() + " using dubbo version "
                     + Version.getVersion() + ", cause: " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
index 8015e91ae5f..cb3d2bbb102 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
         // @see org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannelConfig
         bootstrap.setOption("keepAlive", true);
         bootstrap.setOption("tcpNoDelay", true);
-        bootstrap.setOption("connectTimeoutMillis", getTimeout());
+        bootstrap.setOption("connectTimeoutMillis", getConnectTimeout());
         final NettyHandler nettyHandler = new NettyHandler(getUrl(), this);
         bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(new ChannelPipelineFactory() {
             @Override
diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty4/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty4/NettyClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty4/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty4/NettyClient.java
index ea273aebfae..ed58afc05ad 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty4/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty4/NettyClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty4/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty4/NettyClient.java
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
                 //.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, getTimeout())
                 .channel(NioSocketChannel.class);
 
-        if (getTimeout() < 3000) {
+        if (getConnectTimeout() < 3000) {
             bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, 3000);
         } else {
-            bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, getTimeout());
+            bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, getConnectTimeout());
         }
 
         bootstrap.handler(new ChannelInitializer() {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ protected void doConnect() throws Throwable {
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.connect(getConnectAddress());
         try {
-            boolean ret = future.awaitUninterruptibly(3000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            boolean ret = future.awaitUninterruptibly(getConnectTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
             if (ret && future.isSuccess()) {
                 Channel newChannel = future.channel();
diff --git a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/RestProtocol.java b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/RestProtocol.java
index 319b5818d95..bf8f8e9b522 100644
--- a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/RestProtocol.java
+++ b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/RestProtocol.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ protected <T> T doRefer(Class<T> serviceType, URL url) throws RpcException {
 
         connectionMonitor.addConnectionManager(connectionManager);
         RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
-                .setConnectTimeout(url.getParameter(Constants.TIMEOUT_KEY, Constants.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT))
+                .setConnectTimeout(url.getParameter(Constants.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_KEY, Constants.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT))
                 .setSocketTimeout(url.getParameter(Constants.TIMEOUT_KEY, Constants.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT))
                 .build();