diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index f96388ebce1..efbac4292a7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ Defaults to 100.
 end::scroll_size[]
 
 tag::search_timeout[]
-`search_timeout`::
+`timeout`::
 (Optional, <<time-units, time units>>)
 Explicit timeout for each search request.
 Defaults to no timeout.