diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 2035c3b3a0..a4d5920a8b 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	// exposed.
 	HTTPModules []string `toml:",omitempty"`
 
+	// HTTPTimeouts allows for customization of the timeout values used by the HTTP RPC
+	// interface.
 	HTTPTimeouts rpc.HTTPTimeouts
 
 	// WSHost is the host interface on which to start the websocket RPC server. If
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index f571a79171..16fb61b0fe 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ type HTTPTimeouts struct {
 	IdleTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
+// DefaultHTTPTimeouts represents the default timeout values used if further
+// configuration is not provided.
 var DefaultHTTPTimeouts = HTTPTimeouts{
 	ReadTimeout:  30 * time.Second,
 	WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second,