diff --git a/docs/manuals/health-plugins.md b/docs/manuals/health-plugins.md
index 06a0954a..a4ee970f 100644
--- a/docs/manuals/health-plugins.md
+++ b/docs/manuals/health-plugins.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ This function mirrors the setup function, and is run once during the node daemon
 
 This function is run each time the plugin is called during a keepalive. It performs the main work of the plugin before returning the end result in a specific format.
 
-Note that this function runs once for each keepalive, which by default is every 5 seconds. It is thus important to keep the runtime as short as possible and avoid doing complex calculations, file I/O, etc. during the plugin run. Do as much as possible in the setup function to keep the run function as quick as possible.
+Note that this function runs once for each keepalive, which by default is every 5 seconds. It is thus important to keep the runtime as short as possible and avoid doing complex calculations, file I/O, etc. during the plugin run. Do as much as possible in the setup function to keep the run function as quick as possible. A good safe maximum time for any plugin (e.g. if implementing an internal timeout) is 2 seconds.
 
 What happens during the run function is of course completely up to the plugin, but it must return a standardized set of details upon completing the run.
 
diff --git a/node-daemon/plugins/ipmi b/node-daemon/plugins/ipmi
index 4e3c7ac9..0d864593 100644
--- a/node-daemon/plugins/ipmi
+++ b/node-daemon/plugins/ipmi
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class MonitoringPluginScript(MonitoringPlugin):
         ipmi_password = self.config["ipmi_password"]
         retcode, _, _ = run_os_command(
             f"/usr/bin/ipmitool -I lanplus -H {ipmi_hostname} -U {ipmi_username} -P {ipmi_password} chassis power status",
-            timeout=1
+            timeout=2
         )
 
         if retcode > 0: