diff --git a/cli/api/commands/base_worker.ts b/cli/api/commands/base_worker.ts
index e2be64b38..2584f722e 100644
--- a/cli/api/commands/base_worker.ts
+++ b/cli/api/commands/base_worker.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ export abstract class BaseWorker<TResponse, TMessage = any> {
 
       const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         terminate(() =>
-          reject(new Error(`Compilation timed out after ${timeoutMillis / 1000} seconds`))
+          reject(new Error(
+            `Compilation timed out after ${timeoutMillis / 1000} seconds. ` +
+            `To allow more time, re-run with a longer --timeout ` +
+            `(e.g. --timeout=2m, --timeout=1h).`
+          ))
         );
       }, timeoutMillis);
 
diff --git a/cli/api/utils/constants.ts b/cli/api/utils/constants.ts
index c4049a9df..f7a82675f 100644
--- a/cli/api/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/cli/api/utils/constants.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const DEFAULT_COMPILATION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 30000;
+export const DEFAULT_COMPILATION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 60000;
diff --git a/tests/api/projects.spec.ts b/tests/api/projects.spec.ts
index 7bff903d7..c26debef2 100644
--- a/tests/api/projects.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/api/projects.spec.ts
@@ -700,7 +700,10 @@ suite("examples", () => {
       });
       fail("Compilation timeout Error expected.");
     } catch (e) {
-      expect(e.message).to.equal("Compilation timed out after 1 seconds");
+      expect(e.message).to.equal(
+        "Compilation timed out after 1 seconds. To allow more time, " +
+          "re-run with a longer --timeout (e.g. --timeout=2m, --timeout=1h)."
+      );
     }
   });