diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/agent.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/agent.rs
index 34c74cc63d..8b05377c17 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/agent.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/agent.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use std::io::Result;
 
 use crate::config::{ConfigOps, TomlConfig};
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ pub struct Agent {
     /// have sufficient time to complete.
     #[serde(
         default = "default_request_timeout",
-        rename = "create_container_timeout"
+        rename = "create_container_timeout",
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_secs_to_millis"
     )]
     pub request_timeout_ms: u32,
 
@@ -152,6 +154,15 @@ pub struct Agent {
     pub policy: String,
 }
 
+fn deserialize_secs_to_millis<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> std::result::Result<u32, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let secs = u32::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+
+    Ok(secs.saturating_mul(1000))
+}
+
 impl std::default::Default for Agent {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-runtime-rs-coco-dev.toml.in b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-runtime-rs-coco-dev.toml.in
index ce25840a81..2f360c36df 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-runtime-rs-coco-dev.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-runtime-rs-coco-dev.toml.in
@@ -598,6 +598,19 @@ kernel_modules=[]
 # (default: 3000)
 #reconnect_timeout_ms = 3000
 
+# Create Container Request Timeout
+# This timeout value is used to set the maximum duration for the agent to process a CreateContainerRequest.
+# It's also used to ensure that workloads, especially those involving large image pulls within the guest,
+# have sufficient time to complete.
+#
+# Effective Timeout Determination:
+# The effective timeout for a CreateContainerRequest is determined by taking the minimum of the following two values:
+# - create_container_timeout: The timeout value configured for creating containers (default: 30,000 milliseconds).
+# - runtime-request-timeout: The timeout value specified in the Kubelet configuration described as the link below:
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout)
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)
+# create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 [agent.@PROJECT_TYPE@.mem_agent]
 # Control the mem-agent function enable or disable.
 # Default to false