diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1964314..e5f0f0ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ run_training(
 
 Below is a list of custom environment variables users can set in the training library.
 
-1. `INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS`, this environment variable controls the NCCL timeout in milliseconds. Consider increasing if seeing FSDP related NCCL errors.
+1. `INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS`, this environment variable controls
+   the process group timeout in milliseconds. Consider increasing if seeing
+   FSDP related collective timeout errors.
 
 ## Developer Certificate of Origin
 
diff --git a/src/instructlab/training/const.py b/src/instructlab/training/const.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d316590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/instructlab/training/const.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS = "INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS"
diff --git a/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py b/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
index ccb417d1..29f028b2 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@
     TorchrunArgs,
     TrainingArgs,
 )
-
-# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+from instructlab.training.const import INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS
 from instructlab.training.logger import (
     propagate_package_logs,
     setup_metric_logger,
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ def train(
 # time of writing) default: to cover the unlikely event torch decides to tweak
 # the default.
 def _get_collective_timeout() -> datetime.timedelta | None:
-    timeout_var = os.getenv("INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS")
+    timeout_var = os.getenv(INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS)
     if timeout_var is None:
         return None
 
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ def _get_collective_timeout() -> datetime.timedelta | None:
 
     if timeout <= 0:
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Invalid value for INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS: {timeout_var}. Must be a positive integer."
+            f"Invalid value for {INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS}: {timeout_var}. Must be a positive integer."
         )
 
     return datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=timeout)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_main_ds.py b/tests/unit/test_main_ds.py
index 12b35127..4df20a11 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_main_ds.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_main_ds.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 # First Party
 from instructlab.training import main_ds
+from instructlab.training.const import INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS
 
 
 def test__get_collective_timeout():
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def test__get_collective_timeout():
     # Test with custom timeout
     timeout = 1234
     with mock.patch.dict(
-        main_ds.os.environ, {"INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS": str(timeout)}
+        main_ds.os.environ, {INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS: str(timeout)}
     ):
         assert main_ds._get_collective_timeout() == datetime.timedelta(
             milliseconds=timeout
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def test__get_collective_timeout():
     # Test with invalid timeout (negative)
     invalid_timeout = "-100"
     with mock.patch.dict(
-        main_ds.os.environ, {"INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS": invalid_timeout}
+        main_ds.os.environ, {INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS: invalid_timeout}
     ):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             main_ds._get_collective_timeout()
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def test__get_collective_timeout():
     # Test with invalid timeout (string)
     invalid_timeout = "invalid"
     with mock.patch.dict(
-        main_ds.os.environ, {"INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS": invalid_timeout}
+        main_ds.os.environ, {INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS: invalid_timeout}
     ):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             main_ds._get_collective_timeout()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0794c417..f2ae4bfc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ basepython = python3.11
 [testenv:py3-unit]
 description = run unit tests with pytest
 passenv =
-	HF_HOME
-	INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS
-	CMAKE_ARGS
+    HF_HOME
+    INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS
+    CMAKE_ARGS
 
 # Use PyTorch CPU build instead of CUDA build in test envs. CUDA dependencies
 # are huge. This reduces venv from 5.7 GB to 1.5 GB.
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ commands = {envpython} -m pytest tests/unit {posargs}
 [testenv:py3-smoke]
 description = run accelerated smoke tests with pytest
 passenv =
-	HF_HOME
-        INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS
+    HF_HOME
+    INSTRUCTLAB_PROCESS_GROUP_TIMEOUT_MS
 deps = 
     -r requirements-dev.txt
     -r requirements-cuda.txt