diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 736e35d..90b8ce8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Some of the configuration options provided in the file are stated below. These a
 - **port:** Port number on which server should be launched.
 - **binding_ip_addr:** IP address on the which server should be launched.
 - **production_use:** Whether to use production mode or not (in other words this option should be used if it is to be used to host it on the server to provide a service to a large number of users). If production_use is set to true. There will be a random delay before sending the request to the search engines, this is to prevent DDoSing the upstream search engines from a large number of simultaneous requests. This is newly added option and hence is only available in the **edge version**.
+- **request_timeout:** Timeout for the search requests sent to the upstream search engines to be fetched (value in seconds).
 
 ## Website
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 4353ee5..f77f040 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ binding_ip_addr = "0.0.0.0" --ip address on the which server should be launched.
 production_use = false -- whether to use production mode or not (in other words this option should be used if it is to be used to host it on the server to provide a service to a large number of users)
 -- if production_use is set to true
 -- There will be a random delay before sending the request to the search engines, this is to prevent DDoSing the upstream search engines from a large number of simultaneous requests.
+request_timeout = 60 -- timeout for the search requests sent to the upstream search engines to be fetched (value in seconds).
 
 -- ### Website ###
 -- The different colorschemes provided are: