diff --git a/examples/up.conf.example b/examples/up.conf.example
index 0d7e4271..2b0f7a50 100644
--- a/examples/up.conf.example
+++ b/examples/up.conf.example
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
   # A setting of ["all"] will poll all sites; this works if you only have 1 site too.
   sites = ["all"]
 
+  # Specify a timeout, leave missing to declare infinite wait. This determines the maximum
+  # time to wait for a response from the unifi controller on any API request.
+  # timeout = 60s
+
   # Enable collection of site data. This data powers the Network Sites dashboard.
   # It's not valuable to everyone and setting this to false will save resources.
   save_sites = true
diff --git a/examples/up.json.example b/examples/up.json.example
index 9d8857af..3a756bcd 100644
--- a/examples/up.json.example
+++ b/examples/up.json.example
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
       "pass":   "unifipoller",
       "url":    "https://127.0.0.1:8443",
       "sites": ["all"],
+      "timeout": "60s",
       "save_ids":    false,
       "save_events": false,
       "save_alarms": false,
diff --git a/examples/up.yaml.example b/examples/up.yaml.example
index 4c85c1cc..41ea7817 100644
--- a/examples/up.yaml.example
+++ b/examples/up.yaml.example
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ unifi:
     pass: "unifipoller"
     sites:
       - all
+    timeout: 60s
     save_ids:    false
     save_events: false
     save_alarms: false