diff --git a/TestUtils.ts b/TestUtils.ts
index 1275e4ecb8eb..7150270a7b2e 100644
--- a/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/TestUtils.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG: Config.GlobalConfig = {
   testNamePattern: '',
   testPathPattern: '',
   testResultsProcessor: null,
-  timeout: 5000,
+  testTimeout: 5000,
   updateSnapshot: 'none',
   useStderr: false,
   verbose: false,
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index d6a7a7b664cd..1be3b2af3316 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ Lets you specify a custom test runner.
 
 Lets you specify a custom test sequencer. Please refer to the documentation of the corresponding configuration property for details.
 
-### `--timeout=<number>`
+### `--testTimeout=<number>`
 
-Default timeout of the test case. If the value is 0 then the timeout is 1 193 days.
+Default timeout of a test. If the value is 0 then the timeout is ~1 193 days.
 
 ### `--updateSnapshot`
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
index 2375a758ccc6..609c578cbc0f 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Time:        <<REPLACED>>
 Ran all test suites.
 `;
 
-exports[`exceeds the command line timeout 1`] = `
+exports[`exceeds the command line testTimeout 1`] = `
 Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
 Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
 Snapshots:   0 total
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ Time:        <<REPLACED>>
 Ran all test suites.
 `;
 
-exports[`does not exceed the command line timeout 1`] = `
+exports[`does not exceed the command line testTimeout 1`] = `
 PASS __tests__/a-banana.js
   ✓ banana
 `;
 
-exports[`does not exceed the command line timeout 2`] = `
+exports[`does not exceed the command line testTimeout 2`] = `
 Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
 Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
 Snapshots:   0 total
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ Time:        <<REPLACED>>
 Ran all test suites.
 `;
 
-exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout 1`] = `
+exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no testTimeout 1`] = `
 PASS __tests__/a-banana.js
   ✓ banana
 `;
 
-exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout 2`] = `
+exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no testTimeout 2`] = `
 Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
 Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
 Snapshots:   0 total
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
index b5177166c475..3430475e91aa 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test('does not exceed the timeout', () => {
   expect(status).toBe(0);
 });
 
-test('exceeds the command line timeout', () => {
+test('exceeds the command line testTimeout', () => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {
     '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test('exceeds the command line timeout', () => {
   const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, [
     '-w=1',
     '--ci=false',
-    '--timeout=200',
+    '--testTimeout=200',
   ]);
   const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
   expect(rest).toMatch(
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ test('exceeds the command line timeout', () => {
   expect(status).toBe(1);
 });
 
-test('does not exceed the command line timeout', () => {
+test('does not exceed the command line testTimeout', () => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {
     '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test('does not exceed the command line timeout', () => {
   const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, [
     '-w=1',
     '--ci=false',
-    '--timeout=1000',
+    '--testTimeout=1000',
   ]);
   const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
   expect(wrap(rest)).toMatchSnapshot();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test('does not exceed the command line timeout', () => {
   expect(status).toBe(0);
 });
 
-test('if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout', () => {
+test('if command line timeout=0 its mean no testTimeout', () => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {
     '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
 
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ test('if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout', () => {
     'package.json': '{}',
   });
 
-  const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, ['-w=1', '--ci=false', '--timeout=0']);
+  const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, [
+    '-w=1',
+    '--ci=false',
+    '--testTimeout=0',
+  ]);
   const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
   expect(wrap(rest)).toMatchSnapshot();
   expect(wrap(summary)).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
index 60b92c84015a..10cfefcdf5a0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export const initialize = ({
   testPath: Config.Path;
   parentProcess: Process;
 }) => {
-  if (globalConfig.timeout) getRunnerState().testTimeout = globalConfig.timeout;
+  if (globalConfig.testTimeout)
+    getRunnerState().testTimeout = globalConfig.testTimeout;
 
   const mutex = throat(globalConfig.maxConcurrency);
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
index ec48ec359f13..44447a1000f0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -622,16 +622,16 @@ export const options = {
       'provided: `<rootDir>/path/to/testSequencer.js`',
     type: 'string' as 'string',
   },
-  testURL: {
-    description: 'This option sets the URL for the jsdom environment.',
-    type: 'string' as 'string',
-  },
-  timeout: {
+  testTimeout: {
     description:
       'This option sets the default timeouts of test cases.' +
       "If you don't want timeout set it to 0",
     type: 'number' as 'number',
   },
+  testURL: {
+    description: 'This option sets the URL for the jsdom environment.',
+    type: 'string' as 'string',
+  },
   timers: {
     description:
       'Setting this value to fake allows the use of fake timers ' +
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
index b1e743606d30..ee69c72b178f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ const initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions = {
   testResultsProcessor: 'processor-node-module',
   testRunner: 'jasmine2',
   testSequencer: '@jest/test-sequencer',
+  testTimeout: 5000,
   testURL: 'http://localhost',
-  timeout: 5000,
   timers: 'real',
   transform: {
     '^.+\\.js$': '<rootDir>/preprocessor.js',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index 6d721808e479..22e7d954c3be 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -1563,18 +1563,18 @@ describe('displayName', () => {
   );
 });
 
-describe('timeout', () => {
+describe('testTimeout', () => {
   it('should return timeout value if defined', () => {
     console.warn.mockImplementation(() => {});
-    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', timeout: 1000}, {});
+    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', testTimeout: 1000}, {});
 
-    expect(options.timeout).toBe(1000);
+    expect(options.testTimeout).toBe(1000);
     expect(console.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('should return with 2^32 -1 if timeout=0', () => {
-    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', timeout: 0}, {});
+    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', testTimeout: 0}, {});
 
-    expect(options.timeout).toBe(Math.pow(2, 31) - 1);
+    expect(options.testTimeout).toBe(Math.pow(2, 31) - 1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 9cf7161ef9ab..9290126323df 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const groupOptions = (
     testPathPattern: options.testPathPattern,
     testResultsProcessor: options.testResultsProcessor,
     testSequencer: options.testSequencer,
-    timeout: options.timeout,
+    testTimeout: options.testTimeout,
     updateSnapshot: options.updateSnapshot,
     useStderr: options.useStderr,
     verbose: options.verbose,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index f84424c49a9d..034f1eb4e0c6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ export default function normalize(
         value = oldOptions[key];
         break;
       }
-      case 'timeout': {
+      case 'testTimeout': {
         value =
           oldOptions[key] === 0 ? MAX_32_BIT_SIGNED_INTEGER : oldOptions[key];
         break;
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
index b3aff5324245..357612825f0a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ exports[`prints the config object 1`] = `
     "testNamePattern": "",
     "testPathPattern": "",
     "testResultsProcessor": null,
-    "timeout": 5000,
+    "testTimeout": 5000,
     "updateSnapshot": "none",
     "useStderr": false,
     "verbose": false,
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
index 3b2ae0f88458..2f9e08aa2362 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import Timer from './Timer';
 const create = function(createOptions: Record<string, any>): Jasmine {
   const j$ = {...createOptions} as Jasmine;
 
-  j$._DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = createOptions.globalConfig.timeout || 5000;
+  j$._DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = createOptions.globalConfig.testTimeout || 5000;
 
   j$.getEnv = function(options?: object) {
     const env = (j$.currentEnv_ = j$.currentEnv_ || new j$.Env(options));
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index 9dfc8db6a0a5..00a78f0bd1ca 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   testRunner?: string;
   testSequencer?: string;
   testURL?: string;
-  timeout?: number;
+  testTimeout?: number;
   timers?: 'real' | 'fake';
   transform?: {
     [key: string]: string;
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
   testPathPattern: string;
   testResultsProcessor: string | null | undefined;
   testSequencer: string;
-  timeout: number;
+  testTimeout: number;
   updateSnapshot: SnapshotUpdateState;
   useStderr: boolean;
   verbose: boolean | null | undefined;
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export type Argv = Arguments<
     testRunner: string;
     testSequencer: string;
     testURL: string;
-    timeout: number | null | undefined;
+    testTimeout: number | null | undefined;
     timers: string;
     transform: string;
     transformIgnorePatterns: Array<string>;