diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 82a79eeb61..3e139ff7d6 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -754,10 +754,11 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Gas price below which gpo will ignore transactions",
 		Value: ethconfig.Defaults.GPO.IgnorePrice.Int64(),
 	}
-	// fetcher flag to set arrival timeout
-	TxArrivalWaitFlag = cli.IntFlag{
+	// flag to set the transaction fetcher's txArrivalWait value, which is the maximum waiting
+	// period the fetcher will wait to receive an announced tx before explicitly requesting it
+	TxArrivalWaitFlag = cli.DurationFlag{
 		Name:  "txarrivalwait",
-		Usage: "Maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a transaction before requesting it (defaults to 500ms)",
+		Usage: "Maximum duration to wait for a transaction before requesting it (defaults to 500ms)",
 		Value: node.DefaultConfig.P2P.TxArrivalWait,
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/cli/server.md b/docs/cli/server.md
index 69c21232a8..9775db4d6e 100644
--- a/docs/cli/server.md
+++ b/docs/cli/server.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ The ```bor server``` command runs the Bor client.
 
 - ```v5disc```: Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism (default: false)
 
-- ```txarrivalwait```: Maximum number of milliseconds to wait before requesting an announced transaction (default: 500)
+- ```txarrivalwait```: Maximum duration to wait before requesting an announced transaction (default: 500)
 
 ### Sealer Options
 
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index c98b31966d..ad00cfacd2 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		EthAPI:             ethAPI,
 		PeerRequiredBlocks: config.PeerRequiredBlocks,
 		checker:            checker,
-		txArrivalWait:      time.Duration(eth.p2pServer.TxArrivalWait) * time.Millisecond,
+		txArrivalWait:      eth.p2pServer.TxArrivalWait,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index 24f41e017a..b58fab1773 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ type handlerConfig struct {
 
 	PeerRequiredBlocks map[uint64]common.Hash // Hard coded map of required block hashes for sync challenges
 	checker            ethereum.ChainValidator
-	txArrivalWait      time.Duration // Max time in milliseconds to wait for an announced tx before requesting it
+	txArrivalWait      time.Duration // Maximum duration to wait for an announced tx before requesting it
 }
 
 type handler struct {
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/config.go b/internal/cli/server/config.go
index 3a7102a686..15a8eac8ce 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/config.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/config.go
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ type P2PConfig struct {
 	// Discovery has the p2p discovery related settings
 	Discovery *P2PDiscovery `hcl:"discovery,block" toml:"discovery,block"`
 
-	// TxArrivalWait sets the maximum wait for announced transactions
-	TxArrivalWait uint64 `hcl:"txarrivalwait,optional" toml:"txarrivalwait,optional"`
+	// TxArrivalWait sets the maximum duration the transaction fetcher will wait for
+	// an announced transaction to arrive before explicitly requesting it
+	TxArrivalWait time.Duration `hcl:"txarrivalwait,optional" toml:"txarrivalwait,optional"`
 }
 
 type P2PDiscovery struct {
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			Port:          30303,
 			NoDiscover:    false,
 			NAT:           "any",
-			TxArrivalWait: 500,
+			TxArrivalWait: 500 * time.Millisecond,
 			Discovery: &P2PDiscovery{
 				V5Enabled:    false,
 				Bootnodes:    []string{},
@@ -1051,7 +1052,7 @@ func (c *Config) buildNode() (*node.Config, error) {
 			MaxPendingPeers: int(c.P2P.MaxPendPeers),
 			ListenAddr:      c.P2P.Bind + ":" + strconv.Itoa(int(c.P2P.Port)),
 			DiscoveryV5:     c.P2P.Discovery.V5Enabled,
-			TxArrivalWait:   int(c.P2P.TxArrivalWait),
+			TxArrivalWait:   c.P2P.TxArrivalWait,
 		},
 		HTTPModules:         c.JsonRPC.Http.API,
 		HTTPCors:            c.JsonRPC.Http.Cors,
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/flags.go b/internal/cli/server/flags.go
index 51ccbe0142..613c8a105b 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/flags.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/flags.go
@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ func (c *Command) Flags() *flagset.Flagset {
 		Default: c.cliConfig.P2P.Discovery.V5Enabled,
 		Group:   "P2P",
 	})
-	f.Uint64Flag(&flagset.Uint64Flag{
+	f.DurationFlag(&flagset.DurationFlag{
 		Name:    "txarrivalwait",
-		Usage:   "Maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a transaction before requesting it (defaults to 500ms)",
+		Usage:   "Maximum duration to wait for a transaction before explicitly requesting it (defaults to 500ms)",
 		Value:   &c.cliConfig.P2P.TxArrivalWait,
 		Default: c.cliConfig.P2P.TxArrivalWait,
 		Group:   "P2P",
diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index e7c148b09c..a32fa868ef 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 		ListenAddr:    ":30303",
 		MaxPeers:      50,
 		NAT:           nat.Any(),
-		TxArrivalWait: 500,
+		TxArrivalWait: 500 * time.Millisecond,
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/p2p/server.go b/p2p/server.go
index 0f9285b01a..c51ba3f5b7 100644
--- a/p2p/server.go
+++ b/p2p/server.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// TxArrivalWait is the duration (ms) that the node will wait after seeing
 	// an announced transaction before explicitly requesting it
-	TxArrivalWait int
+	TxArrivalWait time.Duration
 }
 
 // Server manages all peer connections.