diff --git a/laravel/the-basics/cron-and-queues.html.md b/laravel/the-basics/cron-and-queues.html.md
index be2aa33903..04b73cca70 100644
--- a/laravel/the-basics/cron-and-queues.html.md
+++ b/laravel/the-basics/cron-and-queues.html.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ We can start an instance of our queue worker by adding another process. In this
   worker = "php artisan queue:listen"
 ```
 
-Note that you may want to expand on the `queue:listen` command. For example, you could run `php artisan queue:listen sqs --sleep=3 --tries=3 --max-time=3600` to use the `sqs` driver and determine other behaviors.
+Note that you may want to expand on the `queue:listen` command. For example, you could run `php artisan queue:listen sqs --sleep=3 --tries=3` to use the `sqs` driver and determine other behaviors.
 
 ## Extra Credit