diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.js b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.js
index 8d0fc47..056236e 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.js
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.js
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ web_o = Object.keys(web_o).map(function(pass) {
 
     // allow outgoing socket to timeout so that we could
     // show an error page at the initial request
-    if(options.targetTimeout) {
-      proxyReq.setTimeout(options.targetTimeout, function() {
+    if(options.proxyTimeout) {
+      proxyReq.setTimeout(options.proxyTimeout, function() {
          proxyReq.abort();
       });
     }
diff --git a/test/lib-http-proxy-passes-web-incoming-test.js b/test/lib-http-proxy-passes-web-incoming-test.js
index 8d2adfe..93c76ca 100644
--- a/test/lib-http-proxy-passes-web-incoming-test.js
+++ b/test/lib-http-proxy-passes-web-incoming-test.js
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ describe('#createProxyServer.web() using own http server', function () {
     }, function() {}).end();
   });
 
-  it('should proxy the request and handle timeout error (targetTimeout)', function(done) {
+  it('should proxy the request and handle timeout error (proxyTimeout)', function(done) {
     var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({
       target: 'http://127.0.0.1:45000',
-      targetTimeout: 100
+      proxyTimeout: 100
     });
 
     require('net').createServer().listen(45000);