diff --git a/twilio/base/domain.py b/twilio/base/domain.py
index 459c1dfef3..968a968c07 100644
--- a/twilio/base/domain.py
+++ b/twilio/base/domain.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Domain(object):
 
     Like, `api.twilio.com` or `lookups.twilio.com'.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, twilio):
         """
         :param Twilio twilio:
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def request(self, method, uri, params=None, data=None, headers=None,
         :param object data: The request body.
         :param dict headers: The HTTP headers.
         :param tuple auth: Basic auth tuple of (username, password)
-        :param int timeout: The request timeout.
+        :param float timeout: The request timeout.
         :param bool allow_redirects: True if the client should follow HTTP
         redirects.
         """
diff --git a/twilio/http/http_client.py b/twilio/http/http_client.py
index d54774f4c2..dd67bb4ff2 100644
--- a/twilio/http/http_client.py
+++ b/twilio/http/http_client.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def __init__(self, pool_connections=True, request_hooks=None, timeout=None, logg
 
         :param bool pool_connections
         :param request_hooks
-        :param int timeout: Timeout for the requests.
-                            Timeout should never be zero (0) or less.
+        :param float timeout: Timeout for the requests.
+                              Timeout should never be zero (0) or less.
         :param logger
         :param dict proxy: Http proxy for the requests session
         :param int max_retries: Maximum number of retries each request should attempt