diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/examples/httpUpdate/httpUpdate.ino b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/examples/httpUpdate/httpUpdate.ino
index b9da7f8cb4..ed7f38f61b 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/examples/httpUpdate/httpUpdate.ino
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/examples/httpUpdate/httpUpdate.ino
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void setup() {
 
   Serial.println();
 
-  ESPhttpUpdate.setClientTimeout(2000);  // default was 8000
+  ESPhttpUpdate.setWallTime(2000);  // default was 8000
 
   WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
   WiFiMulti.addAP(APSSID, APPSK);
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.cpp
index 532cfc8fb0..256d971560 100755
--- a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.cpp
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
 #include <flash_hal.h>
 
 ESP8266HTTPUpdate::ESP8266HTTPUpdate(void)
-        : _httpClientTimeout(8000)
+        : _httpWallTime(8000)
 {
 }
 
-ESP8266HTTPUpdate::ESP8266HTTPUpdate(int httpClientTimeout)
-        : _httpClientTimeout(httpClientTimeout)
+ESP8266HTTPUpdate::ESP8266HTTPUpdate(int httpWallTime)
+        : _httpWallTime(httpWallTime)
 {
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ HTTPUpdateResult ESP8266HTTPUpdate::handleUpdate(HTTPClient& http, const String&
 
     // use HTTP/1.0 for update since the update handler not support any transfer Encoding
     http.useHTTP10(true);
-    http.setWallTime(_httpClientWallTime);
+    http.setWallTime(_httpWallTime);
     http.setFollowRedirects(_followRedirects);
     http.setUserAgent(F("ESP8266-http-Update"));
     http.addHeader(F("x-ESP8266-Chip-ID"), String(ESP.getChipId()));
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.h b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.h
index 39eb88f128..45ae03349f 100755
--- a/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266httpUpdate/src/ESP8266httpUpdate.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class ESP8266HTTPUpdate
     String _auth;
     String _md5Sum;
 private:
-    int _httpClientTimeout;
+    unsigned long _httpWallTime;
     followRedirects_t _followRedirects = HTTPC_DISABLE_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS;
 
     // Callbacks