diff --git a/docs/Drivers/Java/Reference/Setup.md b/docs/Drivers/Java/Reference/Setup.md
index 1dbe1cf5f..4ab7adc87 100644
--- a/docs/Drivers/Java/Reference/Setup.md
+++ b/docs/Drivers/Java/Reference/Setup.md
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ ArangoDB arangoDB = new ArangoDB.Builder()
 
 ## Connection time to live
 
-Since version 4.4 the driver supports setting a TTL for connections managed
-by the internal connection pool.
+Since version 4.4 the driver supports setting a TTL (time to life) in milliseconds
+for connections managed by the internal connection pool.
 
 ```Java
 ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java
index 1a7b4a73c..6bf3897c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public Builder maxConnections(final Integer maxConnections) {
 		 * Set the maximum time to life of a connection. After this time the connection will be closed automatically.
 		 *
 		 * @param connectionTtl
-		 *            the maximum time to life of a connection.
+		 *            the maximum time to life of a connection in milliseconds
 		 * @return {@link ArangoDB.Builder}
 		 */
 		public Builder connectionTtl(final Long connectionTtl) {