diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/vmware_export_ovf.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_export_ovf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff4f5c9b52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_export_ovf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - vmware_export_ovf - timeout value is actually in seconds, not minutes
+  - vmware_export_ovf - increase default timeout to 30s
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_export_ovf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_export_ovf.py
index 338a5ee0214..1dc177bd6a8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_export_ovf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_export_ovf.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ options:
     type: bool
   download_timeout:
     description:
-    - The user defined timeout in minute of exporting file.
-    - If the vmdk file is too large to export in 10 minutes, specify the value larger than 10, the maximum value is 60.
-    default: 10
+    - The user defined timeout in second of exporting file.
+    - If the vmdk file is too large, you can increase the value.
+    default: 30
     type: int
     version_added: '2.9'
 extends_documentation_fragment: vmware.documentation
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class VMwareExportVmOvf(PyVmomi):
         # set lease progress update interval to 15 seconds
         self.lease_interval = 15
         self.facts = {'device_files': []}
-        self.download_timeout = 10
+        self.download_timeout = None
 
     def create_export_dir(self, vm_obj):
         self.ovf_dir = os.path.join(self.params['export_dir'], vm_obj.name)
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ class VMwareExportVmOvf(PyVmomi):
         export_with_iso = False
         if 'export_with_images' in self.params and self.params['export_with_images']:
             export_with_iso = True
-        if 60 > self.params['download_timeout'] > 10:
-            self.download_timeout = self.params['download_timeout']
+        self.download_timeout = self.params['download_timeout']
 
         ovf_files = []
         # get http nfc lease firstly
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ def main():
         datacenter=dict(type='str', default='ha-datacenter'),
         export_dir=dict(type='path', required=True),
         export_with_images=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-        download_timeout=dict(type='int', default=10),
+        download_timeout=dict(type='int', default=30),
     )
 
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,