diff --git a/conf.d.Linux/net.example b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
index 040b42c2..8f69faa9 100644
--- a/conf.d.Linux/net.example
+++ b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
 #dns_domain_eth0="your.domain"
 #dns_servers_eth0="192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3"
 #dns_search_eth0="this.domain that.domain"
-#dns_options_eth0="'timeout 1' rotate"
+#dns_options_eth0="'timeout:1' rotate"
 #dns_sortlist_eth0="130.155.160.0/255.255.240.0 130.155.0.0"
 # See the man page for resolv.conf for details about the options and sortlist
 # directives