diff --git a/packages/cache/README.md b/packages/cache/README.md
index 541b1155..58f959ec 100644
--- a/packages/cache/README.md
+++ b/packages/cache/README.md
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ const restoreKeys = [
 const cacheKey = await cache.restoreCache(paths, key, restoreKeys)
 ```
 
+##### Cache segment restore timeout
+
+Starting `v3.0.5` of `actions/toolkit`, in case any issue occurs while downloading the cache, the download will be aborted by default within 1 hour if any `segment` doesn't download completely. A `segment` is limited to size of `1GB` for a `32-bit` runner and `2GB` for a `64-bit` runner. So for any cache that exceeds the size of one segment, multiple segments will be downloaded in sequence to complete the download.
+
+To customise the `segment` download timeout, an environment variable `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` needs to be set with the timeout minutes. This way the download wouldn't get stuck forever and proceed to next step in the workflow without any problem.
diff --git a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
index 8ffe364c..f654b0a0 100644
--- a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
+++ b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@
 - Bug fixes for download stuck issue [#810](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/810).
 
 ### 3.0.4
-- Allowing users to provide a custom timeout as input for aborting cache download using an environment variable `CACHE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS`. Default is 1 hour.
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+-  Allowing users to provide a custom timeout as input for aborting download of a cache segment using an environment variable `CACHE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS`. Default is 1 hour.
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diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
index e2cdf468..83d9b227 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test('getDownloadOptions overrides download timeout minutes', async () => {
     timeoutInMs: 20000,
     segmentTimeoutInMs: 3600000
   }
-  process.env.CACHE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS = '10'
+  process.env.SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS = '10'
   const actualOptions = getDownloadOptions(expectedOptions)
 
   expect(actualOptions.useAzureSdk).toEqual(expectedOptions.useAzureSdk)
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/options.ts b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
index d3f716b8..652899a2 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
@@ -112,20 +112,21 @@ export function getDownloadOptions(copy?: DownloadOptions): DownloadOptions {
       result.segmentTimeoutInMs = copy.segmentTimeoutInMs
     }
   }
-  const customDownloadTimeoutMins = process.env['CACHE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']
+  const segmentDownloadTimeoutMins =
+    process.env['SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']
 
   if (
-    customDownloadTimeoutMins &&
-    !isNaN(Number(customDownloadTimeoutMins)) &&
-    isFinite(Number(customDownloadTimeoutMins))
+    segmentDownloadTimeoutMins &&
+    !isNaN(Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins)) &&
+    isFinite(Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins))
   ) {
-    result.segmentTimeoutInMs = Number(customDownloadTimeoutMins) * 60 * 1000
+    result.segmentTimeoutInMs = Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins) * 60 * 1000
   }
   core.debug(`Use Azure SDK: ${result.useAzureSdk}`)
   core.debug(`Download concurrency: ${result.downloadConcurrency}`)
   core.debug(`Request timeout (ms): ${result.timeoutInMs}`)
   core.debug(
-    `Cache download timeout mins env var: ${process.env['CACHE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']}`
+    `Cache segment download timeout mins env var: ${process.env['SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']}`
   )
   core.debug(`Segment download timeout (ms): ${result.segmentTimeoutInMs}`)