diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f01cedad..eafb0e42 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ framework:
        api_client = providers.Singleton(
            ApiClient,
            api_key=config.api_key,
-           timeout=config.timeout,
+           timeout=config.timeout.as_int(),
        )
 
        service = providers.Factory(
diff --git a/examples/di_demo2/demo.py b/examples/di_demo2/demo.py
index df99e433..c62c1804 100644
--- a/examples/di_demo2/demo.py
+++ b/examples/di_demo2/demo.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
     api_client = providers.Singleton(
         ApiClient,
         api_key=config.api_key,
-        timeout=config.timeout,
+        timeout=config.timeout.as_int(),
     )
 
     service = providers.Factory(