diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0588a5a..981a273f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ use_cpu: false
 
 ```bash
 deepspeed --num_gpus 8 src/train_bash.py \
-    --deepspeed ds_config.json \
+    --deepspeed ds_config.json \ 
+    --ddp_timeout 180000000 \ 
     ... # arguments (same as above)
 ```
 
diff --git a/README_zh.md b/README_zh.md
index 24ba3e12..6affad1e 100644
--- a/README_zh.md
+++ b/README_zh.md
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ use_cpu: false
 ```bash
 deepspeed --num_gpus 8 src/train_bash.py \
     --deepspeed ds_config.json \
+    --ddp_timeout 180000000 \  
     ... # 参数同上
+
 ```
 
 <details><summary>使用 DeepSpeed ZeRO-2 进行全参数训练的 ds_config.json 示例</summary>