diff --git a/docs/content/en/configuration/prologue/common.md b/docs/content/en/configuration/prologue/common.md
index 5d6162dc3..06455d23d 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/configuration/prologue/common.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/configuration/prologue/common.md
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ If you supply an integer, it is considered a representation of seconds. If you s
 blocks of quantities and units (number followed by a unit letter).  For example `5h` indicates a quantity of 5 units
 of `h`.
 
-The following is ignored:
+The following is ignored or stripped from the input:
   - all spaces
   - leading zeros
+  - the word `and`
 
-While you can use multiple of these blocks in combination, we suggest keeping it simple and use a single value.
+While you can use multiple of these blocks in combination, we suggest keeping it simple and use a single value. In
+addition it's important to note that the format while somewhat human readable still requires you closely follow the
+expected formats.
 
 #### Unit Legend
 
@@ -52,11 +55,11 @@ v4.38.0 or newer.
 
 #### Examples
 
-|     Desired Value     |        Configuration Examples         |
-|:---------------------:|:-------------------------------------:|
-| 1 hour and 30 minutes | `90m` or `1h30m` or `5400` or `5400s` |
-|         1 day         | `1d` or `24h` or `86400` or `86400s`  |
-|       10 hours        | `10h` or `600m` or `9h60m` or `36000` |
+|     Desired Value     |    Configuration Examples (Short)     |      Configuration Examples (Long)      |
+|:---------------------:|:-------------------------------------:|:---------------------------------------:|
+| 1 hour and 30 minutes | `90m` or `1h30m` or `5400` or `5400s` |        `1 hour and 30 mninutes`         |
+|         1 day         | `1d` or `24h` or `86400` or `86400s`  |                 `1 day`                 |
+|       10 hours        | `10h` or `600m` or `9h60m` or `36000` |               `10 hours`                |
 
 ### Address
 
diff --git a/internal/utils/time.go b/internal/utils/time.go
index c044f899a..19884784a 100644
--- a/internal/utils/time.go
+++ b/internal/utils/time.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ func StandardizeDurationString(input string) (output string, err error) {
 		return "0s", nil
 	}
 
+	input = strings.ReplaceAll(input, "and", "")
+
 	matches := reDurationStandard.FindAllStringSubmatch(strings.ReplaceAll(input, " ", ""), -1)
 
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/utils/time_test.go b/internal/utils/time_test.go
index 39b011fa6..d1e1b6681 100644
--- a/internal/utils/time_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/time_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,23 @@ func TestParseDurationString(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStandardizeDurationString(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		actual string
+		err    error
+	)
+
+	actual, err = StandardizeDurationString("1 hour and 20 minutes")
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1h20m", actual)
+
+	actual, err = StandardizeDurationString("1 hour    and 20 minutes")
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1h20m", actual)
+}
+
 func TestParseDurationString_ShouldNotParseDurationStringWithOutOfOrderQuantitiesAndUnits(t *testing.T) {
 	duration, err := ParseDurationString("h1")