diff --git a/src/job.cr b/src/job.cr
index e877cc25e5e1c448be774fc4567d8d41a2af16da..8c7eb2d0d4a661563d378427e57dfc61d092d319 100644
--- a/src/job.cr
+++ b/src/job.cr
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class JobHash
     ihealth
     idata_readiness
     priority
-    renew_seconds
+    borrow_seconds
     timeout_seconds
     deadline_utc
   )
@@ -875,10 +875,11 @@ class JobHash
   end
 
   def renew_addtime(secs)
-    if self.renew_seconds?
-      self.renew_seconds += secs
+    if self.borrow_seconds?
+      self.borrow_seconds += secs
     else
-      self.renew_seconds = secs
+      self.borrow_seconds = self.timeout_seconds
+      self.borrow_seconds += secs
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/src/lifecycle.cr b/src/lifecycle.cr
index b45d2451193db348a30cf0e4c96408285e775a83..69615551cc682fd06e8537a584673b514cf932a3 100644
--- a/src/lifecycle.cr
+++ b/src/lifecycle.cr
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def get_timeout(job, stage) : Int32
   when "running"
     secs = job.timeout_seconds
   when "renew"
-    if job.hash_int32.has_key? "renew_seconds"
-      secs = job.renew_seconds
+    if job.hash_int32.has_key? "borrow_seconds"
+      secs = job.borrow_seconds
       return secs
     else
       JOB_STAGE_TIMEOUT[stage]
diff --git a/src/update_job_parameter.cr b/src/update_job_parameter.cr
index f576db5f049372abefe45d73aeb6134b8bf89000..61fe0af4a5c41ddfe1d1249729bf5e97d1ca793b 100644
--- a/src/update_job_parameter.cr
+++ b/src/update_job_parameter.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MulanPSL-2.0+
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
+require "time"
 
 class Sched
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ class Sched
 
   # Update job attributes from a hash of parameters
   def update_job_from_hash(params : Hash(String, String)) : Result
+    results = [] of String
     job_id = params["job_id"]?
     return Result.error(HTTP::Status::BAD_REQUEST, "Error: Missing job_id") unless job_id
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ class Sched
         update_milestones(job, value)
       when "renew_seconds"
         result = renew_job(job, value)
+        results << result.message
         return result unless result.success
       end
     end
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ class Sched
     send_job_event(job.id64, params.to_json)
     report_workflow_job_event(job.id64, job)
 
-    Result.success("")
+    Result.success(results.join("\n"))
   end
 
   # Helper method to update job state or stage
@@ -80,7 +83,10 @@ class Sched
     end
 
     job.renew_addtime(value.to_i32)
-    Result.success("Renewed job for #{value} seconds")
+    borrow_seconds = job.hash_int32["borrow_seconds"]? || 0
+    dispatch_time = Time.parse_iso8601(job.hash_plain["dispatch_time"]?)
+    new_time = dispatch_time + borrow_seconds.seconds
+    Result.success(new_time.to_s("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z"))
   end
 
 end