diff --git a/drivers/Watchdog.cpp b/drivers/Watchdog.cpp
index 3d1422fb9f..c1172f20cd 100644
--- a/drivers/Watchdog.cpp
+++ b/drivers/Watchdog.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void Watchdog::timeout_handler()
 {
     kick();
     if (_callback) {
-        _callback(_ticker_timeout);
+        _callback(_ticker_timeout / 1000);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/Watchdog.h b/drivers/Watchdog.h
index 1ebf8dfb84..3693d6a6a8 100644
--- a/drivers/Watchdog.h
+++ b/drivers/Watchdog.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
      *
      * If watchdog is already running, only callback is being updated (timeout can't be set to watchdog neither ticker).
      *
-     *  @param func Callback to be invoked after timeout
+     *  @param func Callback to be invoked after timeout, it has the argument - time elapsed in milliseconds
      *  @param timeout Ticker timeout to be kicking the watchdog
      *
      *  @return status true if the watchdog timer was started