1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/help.lua b/src/luarocks/help.lua
index 28f97702..871e97e9 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/help.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/help.lua
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function help.command(flags, command)
         --verbose              Display verbose output of commands executed.
         --timeout=<seconds>    Timeout on network operations, in seconds.
                                0 means no timeout (wait forever).
-                               Default is ]]..cfg.connection_timeout..[[.]])
+                               Default is ]]..tostring(cfg.connection_timeout)..[[.]])
       print_section("VARIABLES")
       util.printout([[
         Variables from the "variables" table of the configuration file