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diff --git a/‎gitlab/v4/objects.py‎
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@@ -366,3 +366,20 @@ default an exception is raised for these errors.
 
    gl = gitlab.gitlab(url, token, api_version=4)
    gl.projects.list(all=True, retry_transient_errors=True)
+
+Timeout
+-------
+
+python-gitlab will by default use the ``timeout`` option from it's configuration
+for all requests. This is passed downwards to the ``requests`` module at the
+time of making the HTTP request. However if you would like to override the
+global timeout parameter for a particular call, you can provide the ``timeout``
+parameter to that API invocation:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import gitlab
+
+   gl = gitlab.gitlab(url, token, api_version=4)
+   gl.projects.import_github(ACCESS_TOKEN, 123456, "root", timeout=120.0)
+
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@ def http_request(
 
         verify = opts.pop("verify")
         timeout = opts.pop("timeout")
+        # If timeout was passed into kwargs, allow it to override the default
+        timeout = kwargs.get("timeout", timeout)
 
         # We need to deal with json vs. data when uploading files
         if files:
 
@@ -4745,13 +4745,7 @@ def import_project(
         )
 
     def import_github(
-        self,
-        personal_access_token,
-        repo_id,
-        target_namespace,
-        new_name=None,
-        timeout_override=60.0,
-        **kwargs
+        self, personal_access_token, repo_id, target_namespace, new_name=None, **kwargs
     ):
         """Import a project from Github to Gitlab (schedule the import)
 
@@ -4761,15 +4755,14 @@ def import_github(
         operation has completed.
 
         NOTE: this request may take longer than most other API requests.
-        So this method will override the session timeout with <timeout_override>,
-        which defaults to 60 seconds.
+        So this method will specify a 60 second default timeout if none is specified.
+        A timeout can be specified via kwargs to override this functionality.
 
         Args:
             personal_access_token (str): GitHub personal access token
             repo_id (int): Github repository ID
             target_namespace (str): Namespace to import repo into
             new_name (str): New repo name (Optional)
-            timeout_override (int or float): Timeout to use for this request
             **kwargs: Extra options to send to the server (e.g. sudo)
 
         Raises:
@@ -4801,10 +4794,17 @@ def import_github(
         }
         if new_name:
             data["new_name"] = new_name
-        prev_timeout = self.gitlab.timeout
-        self.gitlab.timeout = timeout_override
+        if (
+            "timeout" not in kwargs
+            or self.gitlab.timeout is None
+            or self.gitlab.timeout < 60.0
+        ):
+            # Ensure that this HTTP request has a longer-than-usual default timeout
+            # The base gitlab object tends to have a default that is <10 seconds,
+            # and this is too short for this API command, typically.
+            # On the order of 24 seconds has been measured on a typical gitlab instance.
+            kwargs["timeout"] = 60.0
         result = self.gitlab.http_post("/import/github", post_data=data, **kwargs)
-        self.gitlab.timeout = prev_timeout
         return result