diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fa271710d2..acf9a160ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Dec 21 10:21:22 2015  Ilya Vassilevsky <vassilevsky@gmail.com>
+
+	* lib/net/http.rb (open_timeout): update default value in RDoc
+	  [ruby-core:72413]
+
 Mon Dec 21 10:18:46 2015  Kazuki Yamaguchi  <k@rhe.jp>
 
 	* vm_backtrace.c (rb_profile_frames): ignore ifunc frames as it
diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index eb08edf0f7..8149215a1c 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
     # Number of seconds to wait for the connection to open. Any number
     # may be used, including Floats for fractional seconds. If the HTTP
     # object cannot open a connection in this many seconds, it raises a
-    # Net::OpenTimeout exception. The default value is +nil+.
+    # Net::OpenTimeout exception. The default value is 60 seconds.
     attr_accessor :open_timeout
 
     # Number of seconds to wait for one block to be read (via one read(2)