diff --git a/ckan/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/ckan/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
index ae4af0a6756..741c9f89a91 100644
--- a/ckan/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/ckan/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ ckan.hide_activity_from_users = %(ckan.site_id)s
 #smtp.mail_from =
 
 ## Background Job Settings
-bg_job_timeout = 180
+ckan.jobs.timeout = 180
 
 ## Logging configuration
 [loggers]
diff --git a/ckan/lib/jobs.py b/ckan/lib/jobs.py
index 2a52ceec3ea..500b8fabf12 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/jobs.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/jobs.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_QUEUE_NAME = u'default'
-DEFAULT_JOB_TIMEOUT = config.get(u'bg_job_timeout', 180)
+DEFAULT_JOB_TIMEOUT = config.get(u'ckan.jobs.timeout', 180)
 
 # RQ job queues. Do not use this directly, use ``get_queue`` instead.
 _queues = {}
diff --git a/doc/maintaining/background-tasks.rst b/doc/maintaining/background-tasks.rst
index 316d334ae6a..7e2f83a2752 100644
--- a/doc/maintaining/background-tasks.rst
+++ b/doc/maintaining/background-tasks.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ A timeout can also be set on a job iwth the ``timeout`` keyword argument::
     jobs.enqueue(log_job, [u'My log message'], timeout=3600)
 
 The default background job timeout is 180 seconds. This is set in the
-ckan config ``.ini`` file under the ``bg_job_timeout`` item.
+ckan config ``.ini`` file under the ``ckan.jobs.timeout`` item.
 
 Accessing the database from background jobs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/test-core.ini b/test-core.ini
index 1a34586539f..febb0d82ca1 100644
--- a/test-core.ini
+++ b/test-core.ini
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ who.log_level = warning
 who.log_file = %(cache_dir)s/who_log.ini
 
 ## background jobs
-bg_job_timeout = 180
+ckan.jobs.timeout = 180
 
 # Logging configuration
 [loggers]