diff --git a/neutron/agent/common/ovs_lib.py b/neutron/agent/common/ovs_lib.py
index c50e2853ea0..e90a0f75772 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/common/ovs_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/common/ovs_lib.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class VifPort(object):
 class BaseOVS(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.vsctl_timeout = cfg.CONF.ovs_vsctl_timeout
+        self.vsctl_timeout = cfg.CONF.OVS.ovsdb_timeout
         self.ovsdb = ovsdb_api.from_config(self)
 
     def add_manager(self, connection_uri, timeout=_SENTINEL):
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ class BaseOVS(object):
 
         :param connection_uri: Manager target string
         :param timeout: The Manager probe_interval timeout value
-                        (defaults to ovs_vsctl_timeout)
+                        (defaults to ovsdb_timeout)
         """
         if timeout is _SENTINEL:
-            timeout = cfg.CONF.ovs_vsctl_timeout
+            timeout = cfg.CONF.OVS.ovsdb_timeout
         with self.ovsdb.transaction() as txn:
             txn.add(self.ovsdb.add_manager(connection_uri))
             if timeout:
diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py b/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
index e8d4086fa68..a42f6517f00 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ def api_factory(context):
         try:
             _connection = connection.Connection(
                 idl=n_connection.idl_factory(),
-                timeout=cfg.CONF.ovs_vsctl_timeout)
+                timeout=cfg.CONF.OVS.ovsdb_timeout)
         except TypeError:
             #pylint: disable=unexpected-keyword-arg,no-value-for-parameter
             _connection = connection.Connection(
                 idl_factory=n_connection.idl_factory,  # noqa
-                timeout=cfg.CONF.ovs_vsctl_timeout)
+                timeout=cfg.CONF.OVS.ovsdb_timeout)
     return NeutronOvsdbIdl(_connection)
 
 
diff --git a/neutron/conf/agent/ovs_conf.py b/neutron/conf/agent/ovs_conf.py
index 85a5ab6549b..c0cdd244981 100644
--- a/neutron/conf/agent/ovs_conf.py
+++ b/neutron/conf/agent/ovs_conf.py
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 
-# Default timeout for ovs-vsctl command
-DEFAULT_OVS_VSCTL_TIMEOUT = 10
+# Default timeout for ovsdb commands
+DEFAULT_OVSDB_TIMEOUT = 10
 
 OPTS = [
-    cfg.IntOpt('ovs_vsctl_timeout',
-               default=DEFAULT_OVS_VSCTL_TIMEOUT,
-               help=_('Timeout in seconds for ovs-vsctl commands. '
-                      'If the timeout expires, ovs commands will fail with '
+    cfg.IntOpt('ovsdb_timeout',
+               default=DEFAULT_OVSDB_TIMEOUT,
+               deprecated_name='ovs_vsctl_timeout', deprecated_group='DEFAULT',
+               help=_('Timeout in seconds for ovsdb commands. '
+                      'If the timeout expires, ovsdb commands will fail with '
                       'ALARMCLOCK error.')),
 ]
 
 
 def register_ovs_agent_opts(cfg=cfg.CONF):
-    cfg.register_opts(OPTS)
+    cfg.register_opts(OPTS, 'OVS')
diff --git a/neutron/opts.py b/neutron/opts.py
index 56e71e651eb..9346620a17e 100644
--- a/neutron/opts.py
+++ b/neutron/opts.py
@@ -147,11 +147,14 @@ def list_base_agent_opts():
         ('DEFAULT',
          itertools.chain(
              neutron.conf.agent.common.INTERFACE_OPTS,
-             neutron.conf.agent.common.INTERFACE_DRIVER_OPTS,
-             neutron.conf.agent.ovs_conf.OPTS)
+             neutron.conf.agent.common.INTERFACE_DRIVER_OPTS)
          ),
         ('agent', neutron.conf.agent.common.AGENT_STATE_OPTS),
-        ('ovs', neutron.conf.agent.ovsdb_api.API_OPTS),
+        ('ovs',
+         itertools.chain(
+             neutron.conf.agent.ovsdb_api.API_OPTS,
+             neutron.conf.agent.ovs_conf.OPTS)
+         ),
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rename-ovs-vsctl-timeout-9df1967c47f394c0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rename-ovs-vsctl-timeout-9df1967c47f394c0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..993cc1c615e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/rename-ovs-vsctl-timeout-9df1967c47f394c0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``ovs_vsctl_timeout`` option is renamed into ``ovsdb_timeout`` to
+    reflect that it's not specific to ``vsctl`` implementation of
+    ``ovsdb_interface``. It is also moved under ``[OVS]`` section.