diff --git a/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go b/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
index 880320c05..b07f3a0e8 100644
--- a/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var (
 	snapshotNamePrefix              = flag.String("snapshot-name-prefix", "snapshot", "Prefix to apply to the name of a created snapshot")
 	snapshotNameUUIDLength          = flag.Int("snapshot-name-uuid-length", -1, "Length in characters for the generated uuid of a created snapshot. Defaults behavior is to NOT truncate.")
 	showVersion                     = flag.Bool("version", false, "Show version.")
-	csiTimeout                      = flag.Duration("timeout", defaultCSITimeout, "The timeout for any RPCs to the CSI driver. Default is 10s.")
+	csiTimeout                      = flag.Duration("timeout", defaultCSITimeout, "The timeout for any RPCs to the CSI driver. Default is 1 minute.")
 
 	leaderElection          = flag.Bool("leader-election", false, "Enables leader election.")
 	leaderElectionNamespace = flag.String("leader-election-namespace", "", "The namespace where the leader election resource exists. Defaults to the pod namespace if not set.")