diff --git a/doc/h2load.1 b/doc/h2load.1
index 38a66bb9..7e8511ad 100644
--- a/doc/h2load.1
+++ b/doc/h2load.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "H2LOAD" "1" "Sep 15, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
+.TH "H2LOAD" "1" "Oct 02, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
 .SH NAME
 h2load \- HTTP/2 benchmarking tool
 .
diff --git a/doc/nghttp.1 b/doc/nghttp.1
index 97d0b494..4170b2cd 100644
--- a/doc/nghttp.1
+++ b/doc/nghttp.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "NGHTTP" "1" "Sep 15, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
+.TH "NGHTTP" "1" "Oct 02, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
 .SH NAME
 nghttp \- HTTP/2 client
 .
diff --git a/doc/nghttpd.1 b/doc/nghttpd.1
index 3875c2e3..f49c158f 100644
--- a/doc/nghttpd.1
+++ b/doc/nghttpd.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "NGHTTPD" "1" "Sep 15, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
+.TH "NGHTTPD" "1" "Oct 02, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
 .SH NAME
 nghttpd \- HTTP/2 server
 .
diff --git a/doc/nghttpx.1 b/doc/nghttpx.1
index 5f049f42..150fe28a 100644
--- a/doc/nghttpx.1
+++ b/doc/nghttpx.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "NGHTTPX" "1" "Sep 15, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
+.TH "NGHTTPX" "1" "Oct 02, 2018" "1.34.0-DEV" "nghttp2"
 .SH NAME
 nghttpx \- HTTP/2 proxy
 .
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ The  parameters are  delimited  by  ";".  The  available
 parameters       are:      "proto=<PROTO>",       "tls",
 "sni=<SNI_HOST>",         "fall=<N>",        "rise=<N>",
 "affinity=<METHOD>",    "dns",    "redirect\-if\-not\-tls",
-"upgrade\-scheme",  and  "mruby=<PATH>".   The  parameter
-consists of keyword, and  optionally followed by "=" and
-value.  For  example, the parameter  "proto=h2" consists
-of the  keyword "proto"  and value "h2".   The parameter
-"tls" consists of the keyword "tls" without value.  Each
+"upgrade\-scheme",                        "mruby=<PATH>",
+"read\-timeout=<DURATION>",                           and
+"write\-timeout=<DURATION>".   The parameter  consists of
+keyword, and optionally followed  by "=" and value.  For
+example,  the  parameter   "proto=h2"  consists  of  the
+keyword  "proto" and  value "h2".   The parameter  "tls"
+consists  of  the  keyword "tls"  without  value.   Each
 parameter is described as follows.
 .sp
 The backend application protocol  can be specified using
@@ -241,6 +243,14 @@ script  file  which  is  invoked when  this  pattern  is
 matched.  All backends which share the same pattern must
 have the same mruby path.
 .sp
+"read\-timeout=<DURATION>" and "write\-timeout=<DURATION>"
+parameters  specify the  read and  write timeout  of the
+backend connection  when this  pattern is  matched.  All
+backends which share the same pattern must have the same
+timeouts.  If these timeouts  are entirely omitted for a
+pattern,            \fI\%\-\-backend\-read\-timeout\fP           and
+\fI\%\-\-backend\-write\-timeout\fP are used.
+.sp
 Since ";" and ":" are  used as delimiter, <PATTERN> must
 not  contain these  characters.  Since  ";" has  special
 meaning in shell, the option value must be quoted.
diff --git a/doc/nghttpx.1.rst b/doc/nghttpx.1.rst
index ba0e7f14..5018df05 100644
--- a/doc/nghttpx.1.rst
+++ b/doc/nghttpx.1.rst
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ Connections
     parameters       are:      "proto=<PROTO>",       "tls",
     "sni=<SNI_HOST>",         "fall=<N>",        "rise=<N>",
     "affinity=<METHOD>",    "dns",    "redirect-if-not-tls",
-    "upgrade-scheme",  and  "mruby=<PATH>".   The  parameter
-    consists of keyword, and  optionally followed by "=" and
-    value.  For  example, the parameter  "proto=h2" consists
-    of the  keyword "proto"  and value "h2".   The parameter
-    "tls" consists of the keyword "tls" without value.  Each
+    "upgrade-scheme",                        "mruby=<PATH>",
+    "read-timeout=<DURATION>",                           and
+    "write-timeout=<DURATION>".   The parameter  consists of
+    keyword, and optionally followed  by "=" and value.  For
+    example,  the  parameter   "proto=h2"  consists  of  the
+    keyword  "proto" and  value "h2".   The parameter  "tls"
+    consists  of  the  keyword "tls"  without  value.   Each
     parameter is described as follows.
 
     The backend application protocol  can be specified using
@@ -225,6 +227,14 @@ Connections
     matched.  All backends which share the same pattern must
     have the same mruby path.
 
+    "read-timeout=<DURATION>" and "write-timeout=<DURATION>"
+    parameters  specify the  read and  write timeout  of the
+    backend connection  when this  pattern is  matched.  All
+    backends which share the same pattern must have the same
+    timeouts.  If these timeouts  are entirely omitted for a
+    pattern,            :option:`--backend-read-timeout`           and
+    :option:`--backend-write-timeout` are used.
+
     Since ";" and ":" are  used as delimiter, <PATTERN> must
     not  contain these  characters.  Since  ";" has  special
     meaning in shell, the option value must be quoted.