diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
index c308c598..d263a978 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
       if (timedOut) {
         throw new TimeoutError(
           `Transaction with ID ${txId} was submitted but was not yet found on the chain. You might want to check later. There was a wait of ${
-            timeoutMs / 10000
+            timeoutMs / 1000
           } seconds.`,
           txId,
         );