diff --git a/deps/rabbit/docs/rabbitmqctl.8 b/deps/rabbit/docs/rabbitmqctl.8
index 64ef2b798d2c..cf8888bb252f 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/docs/rabbitmqctl.8
+++ b/deps/rabbit/docs/rabbitmqctl.8
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ each queue of the virtual host named
 .sp
 .Dl rabbitmqctl list_queues -p my-vhost messages consumers
 .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------
-.It Cm list_unresponsive_queues Oo Fl -local Oc Oo Fl -queue-timeout Ar milliseconds Oc Oo Ar queueinfoitem ... Oc Op Fl -no-table-headers
+.It Cm list_unresponsive_queues Oo Fl -local Oc Oo Fl -queue-timeout Ar seconds Oc Oo Ar queueinfoitem ... Oc Op Fl -no-table-headers
 .Pp
 Tests queue leader replicas to respond within the given timeout. Lists those that did not respond in time.
 .Pp
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/list_unresponsive_queues_command.ex b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/list_unresponsive_queues_command.ex
index 9799fbe5cee2..3bcc3d335e1b 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/list_unresponsive_queues_command.ex
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/list_unresponsive_queues_command.ex
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ defmodule RabbitMQ.CLI.Ctl.Commands.ListUnresponsiveQueuesCommand do
   def banner(_, %{vhost: vhost}), do: "Listing unresponsive queues for vhost #{vhost} ..."
 
   def usage() do
-    "list_unresponsive_queues [--local] [--queue-timeout <milliseconds>] [<column> ...] [--no-table-headers]"
+    "list_unresponsive_queues [--local] [--queue-timeout <seconds>] [<column> ...] [--no-table-headers]"
   end
 
   def usage_additional() do