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-.TH CURLOPT_TIMEOUT 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_TIMEOUT 3 "October 03, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT \- set maximum time the request is allowed to take
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Returns CURLE_OK
+Returns CURLE_OK. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative
+value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too large.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT "(3), " CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT "(3), "