https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/662

1. 1. 1. Summary

The docs make the timeout seem as if the plugin checks the time it takes to establish a connection, but the timeout setting on this plugin also affects the duration of the command. So if you were to try to run this:

~~~yaml

• name: sleep
  command: sleep 61
  vars:
  ansible_aws_ssm_timeout: 60
  ~~~

You would get a timeout error.

1. 1. 1. Issue Type

Documentation Report

1. 1. 1. Component Name

aws_ssm.py

1. 1. 1. Ansible Version

```console (paste below)
$ ansible --version
2.10.10
```

1. 1. 1. Collection Versions

```console (paste below)
$ ansible-galaxy collection list
...
community.aws 1.5.0
```

1. 1. 1. Configuration

```console (paste below)
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed

```

1. 1. 1. OS / Environment

CentOS 7

1. 1. 1. Additional Information

This wording change would help new users of the plugin understand timeout errors. It is not always an error connecting to the target servers, the command could just be hanging.

1. 1. 1. Code of Conduct

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