diff --git a/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst b/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
index a4a9354697c3..d1e1f1f685b6 100644
--- a/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
@@ -1319,13 +1319,13 @@ restart.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3006.2
 
-Default: ``30``
+Default: ``60``
 
-The default timeout timeout for request channel requests. This setting can be used to tune minions to better handle long running pillar and file client requests.
+The default timeout for request channel requests. This setting can be used to tune minions to better handle long running pillar and file client requests.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    request_channel_timeout: 30
+    request_channel_timeout: 60
 
 ``request_channel_tries``
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