diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
index a4014536d5..48bb8b91b8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public JdbcCursorItemReaderBuilder<T> maxRows(int maxRows) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The time in milliseconds for the query to timeout
+	 * The time in seconds for the query to timeout
 	 * @param queryTimeout timeout
 	 * @return this instance for method chaining
 	 * @see JdbcCursorItemReader#setQueryTimeout(int)