Mention the unit of time

diff --git a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
index 2ef05a7..9938c78 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
+++ b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
@@ -500,9 +500,10 @@ a SOCK_STREAM socket the value of &SOCK_STREAM will be returned.
 
 =item timeout([VAL])
 
-Set or get the timeout value associated with this socket. If called without
-any arguments then the current setting is returned. If called with an argument
-the current setting is changed and the previous value returned.
+Set or get the timeout value (in seconds) associated with this socket.
+If called without any arguments then the current setting is returned. If
+called with an argument the current setting is changed and the previous
+value returned.
 
 =back