diff --git a/internal/connmgr/connmanager.go b/internal/connmgr/connmanager.go
index 0068bae84..7e7d6d63d 100644
--- a/internal/connmgr/connmanager.go
+++ b/internal/connmgr/connmanager.go
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// to be specified (but not both).
 	DialAddr func(context.Context, net.Addr) (net.Conn, error)
 
-	// Timeout specifies the amount of time to wait for a connection
-	// to complete before giving up.
-	Timeout time.Duration
+	// DialTimeout specifies the amount of time to wait for a connection to
+	// complete before giving up.
+	DialTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 // ConnManager provides a manager to handle network connections.
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ func (cm *ConnManager) Connect(ctx context.Context, c *ConnReq) {
 
 	// Attempt to establish the connection to the address associated with the
 	// connection request.  Apply a timeout if requested.
-	if cm.cfg.Timeout != 0 {
+	if cm.cfg.DialTimeout != 0 {
 		var cancel context.CancelFunc
-		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, cm.cfg.Timeout)
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, cm.cfg.DialTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 	}
 	var conn net.Conn
diff --git a/internal/connmgr/connmanager_test.go b/internal/connmgr/connmanager_test.go
index 2153fff81..bc4e19bc8 100644
--- a/internal/connmgr/connmanager_test.go
+++ b/internal/connmgr/connmanager_test.go
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ func TestDialTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		return mockDialer(ctx, network, addr)
 	}
 	cmgr, err := New(&Config{
-		Dial:    timeoutDialer,
-		Timeout: dialTimeout,
+		Dial:        timeoutDialer,
+		DialTimeout: dialTimeout,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("New error: %v", err)
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 25307f8b2..733977d32 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@ func newServer(ctx context.Context, profiler *profileServer,
 		RetryDuration:  connectionRetryInterval,
 		TargetOutbound: s.targetOutbound,
 		Dial:           s.attemptDcrdDial,
-		Timeout:        cfg.DialTimeout,
+		DialTimeout:    cfg.DialTimeout,
 		OnConnection: func(c *connmgr.ConnReq, conn net.Conn) {
 			s.outboundPeerConnected(ctx, c, conn)
 		},