diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
index 0e840bd..b6647bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/SourceConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.ConfigUtil;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.RemoteConfiguration;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 
 public class SourceConfiguration implements RemoteConfiguration {
+  private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
   static final int DEFAULT_REPLICATION_DELAY = 4;
   static final int DEFAULT_RESCHEDULE_DELAY = 3;
   static final int DEFAULT_SLOW_LATENCY_THRESHOLD_SECS = 900;
@@ -64,6 +66,13 @@
     apis = ImmutableList.copyOf(cfg.getStringList("remote", name, "apiUrl"));
     connectionTimeout =
         cfg.getInt("remote", name, "connectionTimeout", DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    int connectionTimeoutInSec = connectionTimeout / 1000;
+    if (connectionTimeoutInSec < getRemoteConfig().getTimeout()) {
+      logger.atWarning().log(
+          "The connection timeout is currently set to %s sec, which is less than the timeout value of %s sec. "
+              + "To avoid potential issues, consider increasing the connection timeout to exceed the timeout value.",
+          connectionTimeoutInSec, getRemoteConfig().getTimeout());
+    }
     idleTimeout = cfg.getInt("remote", name, "idleTimeout", DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTION_INACTIVITY_MS);
     maxConnectionsPerRoute =
         cfg.getInt("replication", "maxConnectionsPerRoute", DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_PER_ROUTE);