diff --git a/orte/tools/orterun/help-orterun.txt b/orte/tools/orterun/help-orterun.txt
index 24070c596d..49d5486039 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orterun/help-orterun.txt
+++ b/orte/tools/orterun/help-orterun.txt
@@ -639,3 +639,14 @@ number of processes to run:
   Num procs:    %d
 
 Please correct this value and try again.
+#
+[orterun:timeout]
+The user-provided time limit for job execution has been
+reached:
+
+  MPIEXEC_TIMEOUT: %s
+
+The job will now be aborted. Please check your code and/or
+adjust/remove the job execution time limit (as specified
+by MPIEXEC_TIMEOUT in your environment).
+
diff --git a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.c b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.c
index c357298386..e507d428fb 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.c
+++ b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.c
@@ -3060,10 +3060,14 @@ static void build_debugger_args(orte_app_context_t *debugger)
 void orte_timeout_wakeup(int sd, short args, void *cbdata)
 {
     orte_job_t *jdata = (orte_job_t*)cbdata;
+    char *tm;
 
     /* this function gets called when the job execution time
      * has hit a prescribed limit - so just abort
      */
+    tm = getenv("MPIEXEC_TIMEOUT");
+    orte_show_help("help-orterun.txt", "orterun:timeout",
+                   true, (NULL == tm) ? "NULL" : tm);
     ORTE_UPDATE_EXIT_STATUS(ORTE_ERROR_DEFAULT_EXIT_CODE);
     /* abort the job */
     ORTE_ACTIVATE_JOB_STATE(jdata, ORTE_JOB_STATE_FORCED_EXIT);