diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown
index 701f1190d..98086b804 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Optional:
 
 * `ssh_timeout` (string) - The time to wait for SSH to become available
   before timing out. The format of this value is a duration such as "5s"
-  or "5m". The default SSH timeout is "1m", or one minute.
+  or "5m". The default SSH timeout is "5m", or five minutes.
 
 * `subnet_id` (string) - If using VPC, the ID of the subnet, such as
   "subnet-12345def", where Packer will launch the EC2 instance.
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
index 8861e54d7..a712b9618 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Optional:
 
 * `ssh_timeout` (string) - The time to wait for SSH to become available
   before timing out. The format of this value is a duration such as "5s"
-  or "5m". The default SSH timeout is "1m", or one minute.
+  or "5m". The default SSH timeout is "5m", or five minutes.
 
 * `subnet_id` (string) - If using VPC, the ID of the subnet, such as
   "subnet-12345def", where Packer will launch the EC2 instance.