diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SelectorManager.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SelectorManager.java
index 7163989b0cd..bffa13ba415 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SelectorManager.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SelectorManager.java
@@ -57,11 +57,15 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.Scheduler;
 public abstract class SelectorManager extends AbstractLifeCycle implements Dumpable
 {
     protected static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(SelectorManager.class);
+    /**
+     * The default connect timeout, in milliseconds
+     */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 15000;
 
     private final Executor executor;
     private final Scheduler scheduler;
     private final ManagedSelector[] _selectors;
-    private long _connectTimeout = 15000;
+    private long _connectTimeout = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
     private long _selectorIndex;
 
     protected SelectorManager(Executor executor, Scheduler scheduler)
@@ -86,14 +90,24 @@ public abstract class SelectorManager extends AbstractLifeCycle implements Dumpa
         return scheduler;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the connect timeout
+     * 
+     * @return the connect timeout (in milliseconds)
+     */
     public long getConnectTimeout()
     {
         return _connectTimeout;
     }
 
-    public void setConnectTimeout(long connectTimeout)
+    /**
+     * Set the connect timeout (in milliseconds)
+     * 
+     * @param milliseconds the number of milliseconds for the timeout
+     */
+    public void setConnectTimeout(long milliseconds)
     {
-        _connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
+        _connectTimeout = milliseconds;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
index e06e707f25f..603c89cf116 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.MappedByteBufferPool;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectorManager;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.HttpCookieStore;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.StringUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle;
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.common.extensions.WebSocketExtensionFactory;
 public class WebSocketClient extends ContainerLifeCycle
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(WebSocketClient.class);
-    private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 1500;
 
     private final WebSocketPolicy policy;
     private final SslContextFactory sslContextFactory;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class WebSocketClient extends ContainerLifeCycle
     private ConnectionManager connectionManager;
     private Masker masker;
     private SocketAddress bindAddress;
-    private long connectTimeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+    private long connectTimeout = SelectorManager.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
 
     public WebSocketClient()
     {
@@ -300,13 +300,19 @@ public class WebSocketClient extends ContainerLifeCycle
         this.bufferPool = bufferPool;
     }
 
-    public void setConnectTimeout(long connectTimeout)
+    /**
+     * Set the timeout for connecting to the remote server.
+     * 
+     * @param timeoutMilliseconds
+     *            the timeout in milliseconds
+     */
+    public void setConnectTimeout(long timeoutMilliseconds)
     {
-        if (connectTimeout < 0)
+        if (timeoutMilliseconds < 0)
         {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Connect Timeout cannot be negative");
         }
-        this.connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
+        this.connectTimeout = timeoutMilliseconds;
     }
 
     public void setCookieStore(CookieStore cookieStore)