diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index b7d86dc63..10a6e9cdf 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -2101,11 +2101,11 @@ config :pleroma, :config_description, [
         ]
       },
       %{
-        key: :failure_backoff,
+        key: :timeout,
         type: :integer,
         description:
-          "Amount of milliseconds after request failure, during which the request will not be retried.",
-        suggestions: [60_000]
+          "Amount of milliseconds after which the HTTP request is forcibly terminated.",
+        suggestions: [5_000]
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index 9c5659988..ab0d1c78d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.Invalidation.Http,
 * `ignore_hosts`: list of hosts which will be ignored by the metadata parser. For example `["accounts.google.com", "xss.website"]`, defaults to `[]`.
 * `ignore_tld`: list TLDs (top-level domains) which will ignore for parse metadata. default is ["local", "localdomain", "lan"].
 * `parsers`: list of Rich Media parsers.
-* `failure_backoff`: Amount of milliseconds after request failure, during which the request will not be retried.
+* `timeout`: Amount of milliseconds after which the HTTP request is forcibly terminated.
 
 ## HTTP server