diff --git a/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.ts b/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.ts
index bdf1d29679..8434614434 100644
--- a/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.ts
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ export class AccessibilitySettingsService {
   getPlaceholder(setting: AccessibilitySetting): string {
     switch (setting) {
       case AccessibilitySetting.NotificationTimeOut:
-        return environment.notifications.timeOut.toString();
+        return millisecondsToSeconds(environment.notifications.timeOut.toString());
       case AccessibilitySetting.LiveRegionTimeOut:
-        return environment.liveRegion.messageTimeOutDurationMs.toString();
+        return millisecondsToSeconds(environment.liveRegion.messageTimeOutDurationMs.toString());
       default:
         return '';
     }
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index dc69f0fbe8..6cf15ed844 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -1846,11 +1846,11 @@
 
   "info.accessibility-settings.liveRegionTimeOut.label": "Live region time-out",
 
-  "info.accessibility-settings.liveRegionTimeOut.hint": "The duration in milliseconds after which a message in the live region disappears.",
+  "info.accessibility-settings.liveRegionTimeOut.hint": "The duration in seconds after which a message in the live region disappears.",
 
   "info.accessibility-settings.notificationTimeOut.label": "Notification time-out",
 
-  "info.accessibility-settings.notificationTimeOut.hint": "The duration in milliseconds after which a notification disappears. Set to 0 for notifications to remain indefinitely.",
+  "info.accessibility-settings.notificationTimeOut.hint": "The duration in seconds after which a notification disappears. Set to 0 for notifications to remain indefinitely.",
 
   "info.accessibility-settings.save-notification.cookie": "Successfully saved settings locally.",