diff --git a/src/diehard/circuit_breaker.clj b/src/diehard/circuit_breaker.clj
index 61784c5..b7cdc78 100644
--- a/src/diehard/circuit_breaker.clj
+++ b/src/diehard/circuit_breaker.clj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   #{:failure-threshold :failure-threshold-ratio :failure-threshold-ratio-in-period
     :failure-rate-threshold-in-period
     :success-threshold :success-threshold-ratio
-    :delay-ms :timeout-ms
+    :delay-ms
 
     :fail-if :fail-on :fail-when
 
diff --git a/src/diehard/core.clj b/src/diehard/core.clj
index 161c18c..625b5a5 100644
--- a/src/diehard/core.clj
+++ b/src/diehard/core.clj
@@ -366,10 +366,6 @@ retry block.
 * `:fail-if`
 * `:fail-on`
 * `:fail-when`
-* `:timeout-ms` while give all you code a timeout is best practice in
-  application level, circuit breaker also provides a timeout for
-  marking a long running block as failure
-
 
 ##### Delay and threshold