diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-awscloudwatch.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-awscloudwatch.asciidoc
index 415721b54f0..3553947fb87 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-awscloudwatch.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-awscloudwatch.asciidoc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ will sleep for 1 minute before querying for new logs again.
 ==== `api_timeout`
 The maximum duration of AWS API can take. If it exceeds the timeout, AWS API
 will be interrupted. The default AWS API timeout for a message is 120 seconds.
-The minimum is 0 seconds. The maximum is half of the visibility timeout value.
+The minimum is 0 seconds.
 
 [float]
 ==== `api_sleep`