diff --git a/lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml b/lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
index 7a232db7e9e..4aea8234b61 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ serial: Explicitly define how Ansible batches the execution of the current play
 strategy: Allows you to choose the strategy plugin to use for the play. See :ref:`strategy_plugins`.
 tags: Tags applied to the task or included tasks, this allows selecting subsets of tasks from the command line.
 tasks: Main list of tasks to execute in the play, they run after :term:`roles` and before :term:`post_tasks`.
-timeout: Time limit for the task action to execute in, if exceeded, Ansible will interrupt the process. Timeout does not affect templating or looping.
+timeout: Time limit for the task action to execute in, if exceeded, Ansible will interrupt the process. Timeout does not include templating or looping.
 throttle: Limit the number of concurrent task runs on task, block and playbook level. This is independent of the forks and serial settings, but cannot be set higher than those limits. For example, if forks is set to 10 and the throttle is set to 15, at most 10 hosts will be operated on in parallel.
 until: "This keyword implies a ':term:`retries` loop' that will go on until the condition supplied here is met or we hit the :term:`retries` limit."
 vars: Dictionary/map of variables