diff --git a/website/content/docs/connect/config-entries/service-resolver.mdx b/website/content/docs/connect/config-entries/service-resolver.mdx
index 8806e79685..d61a739723 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/connect/config-entries/service-resolver.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/connect/config-entries/service-resolver.mdx
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ spec:
       name: 'ConnectTimeout',
       type: 'duration: 0s',
       description:
-        'The timeout for establishing new network connections to this service.',
+        'The timeout for establishing new network connections to this service. The default unit of time is `ns`.',
     },
     {
       name: 'DefaultSubset',