diff --git a/book/src/help_vc.md b/book/src/help_vc.md
index fb963f87cc5..1b7e7f2b0af 100644
--- a/book/src/help_vc.md
+++ b/book/src/help_vc.md
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ OPTIONS:
             The directory which contains the validator keystores, deposit data for each validator along with the common
             slashing protection database and the validator_definitions.yml
         --web3-signer-keep-alive-timeout <MILLIS>
-            Keep-alive timeout for each web3signer connection. Set to 'null' to never timeout [default: 90000]
+            Keep-alive timeout for each web3signer connection. Set to 'null' to never timeout [default: 20000]
 
         --web3-signer-max-idle-connections <COUNT>
             Maximum number of idle connections to maintain per web3signer host. Default is unlimited.
diff --git a/validator_client/src/cli.rs b/validator_client/src/cli.rs
index 16a265212e5..f91efbdfbc5 100644
--- a/validator_client/src/cli.rs
+++ b/validator_client/src/cli.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
             Arg::with_name("web3-signer-keep-alive-timeout")
                 .long("web3-signer-keep-alive-timeout")
                 .value_name("MILLIS")
-                .default_value("90000")
+                .default_value("20000")
                 .help("Keep-alive timeout for each web3signer connection. Set to 'null' to never \
                        timeout")
                 .takes_value(true),