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diff --git a/src/urllib3/util/timeout.py b/src/urllib3/util/timeout.py
index 6623bbad..c1dc1e97 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/util/timeout.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/util/timeout.py
@@ -46,19 +46,20 @@ class Timeout(object):
:type total: integer, float, or None
:param connect:
- The maximum amount of time to wait for a connection attempt to a server
- to succeed. Omitting the parameter will default the connect timeout to
- the system default, probably `the global default timeout in socket.py
+ The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to wait for a connection
+ attempt to a server to succeed. Omitting the parameter will default the
+ connect timeout to the system default, probably `the global default
+ timeout in socket.py
<http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/603b4d593758/Lib/socket.py#l535>`_.
None will set an infinite timeout for connection attempts.
:type connect: integer, float, or None
:param read:
- The maximum amount of time to wait between consecutive
- read operations for a response from the server. Omitting
- the parameter will default the read timeout to the system
- default, probably `the global default timeout in socket.py
+ The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to wait between consecutive
+ read operations for a response from the server. Omitting the parameter
+ will default the read timeout to the system default, probably `the
+ global default timeout in socket.py
<http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/603b4d593758/Lib/socket.py#l535>`_.
None will set an infinite timeout.
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ class Timeout(object):
def get_connect_duration(self):
""" Gets the time elapsed since the call to :meth:`start_connect`.
- :return: Elapsed time.
+ :return: Elapsed time in seconds.
:rtype: float
:raises urllib3.exceptions.TimeoutStateError: if you attempt
to get duration for a timer that hasn't been started.