diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 7d079a96c..4ff69d013 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -507,6 +507,12 @@ PAPERLESS_THREADS_PER_WORKER=<num>
     PAPERLESS_THREADS_PER_WORKER automatically.
 
 
+PAPERLESS_TIMEOUT_WORKERS=<num>
+    Machines with few cores or weak ones might not be able to finish OCR on
+    large documents within the default 1800 seconds. So extending this timeout
+    may prove be useful.
+
+
 PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE=<timezone>
     Set the time zone here.
     See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#std:setting-TIME_ZONE