diff --git a/manual/src/main/webapp/users-guide/failover.conf b/manual/src/main/webapp/users-guide/failover.conf
index b35c636..3ad7d1b 100644
--- a/manual/src/main/webapp/users-guide/failover.conf
+++ b/manual/src/main/webapp/users-guide/failover.conf
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
 karaf.lock=true
 karaf.lock.class=org.apache.karaf.main.SimpleFileLock
 karaf.lock.dir=<PathToLockFileDirectory>
-karaf.lock.delay=10
+karaf.lock.delay=10000
 {code}
 
 * {{karaf.lock}} property enables the the HA/failover mechanism
 * {{karaf.lock.class}} property contains the class name providing the lock implementation. Here, we use the filesystem lock.
 * {{karaf.lock.dir}} property contains the location where the lock will be written. All instances have to share the same lock.
-* {{karaf.lock.delay}} property is the interval period (in seconds) to check if the lock has been released or not.
+* {{karaf.lock.delay}} property is the interval period (in milliseconds) to check if the lock has been released or not.
 
 h3. Database lock
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 karaf.lock=true
 karaf.lock.class=org.apache.karaf.main.DefaultJDBCLock
 karaf.lock.level=50
-karaf.lock.delay=10
+karaf.lock.delay=10000
 karaf.lock.jdbc.url=jdbc:derby://dbserver:1527/sample
 karaf.lock.jdbc.driver=org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
 karaf.lock.jdbc.user=user
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 * {{karaf.lock.class}} property contains the class name providing the lock implementation. The {{org.apache.karaf.main.DefaultJDBCLock}}
  is the most generic database lock system implementation. Apache Karaf supports lock system for specific databases (see later for details).
 * {{karaf.lock.level}} property is the container-level locking (see later for details).
-* {{karaf.lock.delay}} property is the interval period (in seconds) to check if the lock has been released or not.
+* {{karaf.lock.delay}} property is the interval period (in milliseconds) to check if the lock has been released or not.
 * {{karaf.lock.jdbc.url}} property contains the JDBC URL to the database (derby in this example).
 * {{karaf.lock.jdbc.driver}} property contains the class name of the JDBC driver to use (derby in this example).
 * {{karaf.lock.jdbc.user}} property contains the username to use to connect to the database.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 karaf.lock=true
 karaf.lock.class=org.apache.karaf.main.lock.SQLServerJDBCLock
 karaf.lock.level=50
-karaf.lock.delay=10
+karaf.lock.delay=10000
 karaf.lock.jdbc.url=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://127.0.0.1;databaseName=sample
 karaf.lock.jdbc.driver=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
 karaf.lock.jdbc.user=user