diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactory.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactory.java
index 0c0cde78e..6ab57ece7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/ConnectionFactory.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ MemcachedNode createMemcachedNode(SocketAddress sa, SocketChannel c,
   HashAlgorithm getHashAlg();
 
   /**
-   * Maximum number of milliseconds to wait between reconnect attempts.
+   * Maximum number of seconds to wait between reconnect attempts.
    */
   long getMaxReconnectDelay();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
index 09f7c49ce..1464ffd54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public MemcachedConnection(final int bufSize, final ConnectionFactory f,
     addedQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<MemcachedNode>();
     failureMode = fm;
     shouldOptimize = f.shouldOptimize();
-    maxDelay = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(f.getMaxReconnectDelay());
+    maxDelay = f.getMaxReconnectDelay();
     opFact = opfactory;
     timeoutExceptionThreshold = f.getTimeoutExceptionThreshold();
     selector = Selector.open();