diff --git a/content/en/getting-started/configuration.md b/content/en/getting-started/configuration.md
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--- a/content/en/getting-started/configuration.md
+++ b/content/en/getting-started/configuration.md
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ The directory where Hugo reads the themes from.
 
 **Default value:** "30s"
 
-Timeout for generating page contents, specified as a [duration](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Duration) or in milliseconds. *Note:* this is used to bail out of recursive content generation. You might need to raise this limit if your pages are slow to generate (e.g., because they require large image processing or depend on remote contents).
+Timeout for generating page contents, specified as a [duration](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Duration) or in seconds. *Note:* this is used to bail out of recursive content generation. You might need to raise this limit if your pages are slow to generate (e.g., because they require large image processing or depend on remote contents).
 
 ### timeZone