1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/multi-single.c b/docs/examples/multi-single.c
index cba4f32cc..d3f9cfde0 100644
--- a/docs/examples/multi-single.c
+++ b/docs/examples/multi-single.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     fd_set fdexcep;
     int maxfd = -1;
 
+    long curl_timeo = -1;
+
     FD_ZERO(&fdread);
     FD_ZERO(&fdwrite);
     FD_ZERO(&fdexcep);
@@ -61,6 +63,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     timeout.tv_sec = 1;
     timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 
+    curl_multi_timeout(multi_handle, &curl_timeo);
+    if(curl_timeo >= 0) {
+      timeout.tv_sec = curl_timeo / 1000;
+      if(timeout.tv_sec > 1)
+        timeout.tv_sec = 1;
+      else
+        timeout.tv_usec = (curl_timeo % 1000) * 1000;
+    }
+
     /* get file descriptors from the transfers */
     curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);