diff --git a/usr.bin/top/top.1 b/usr.bin/top/top.1
--- a/usr.bin/top/top.1
+++ b/usr.bin/top/top.1
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 Set the delay between screen updates to
 .Ar time
 seconds, which may be fractional.
-The default delay between updates is 1 second.
+The default delay between updates is 2 seconds.
 .It Fl T
 Toggle displaying thread ID (tid) instead of process id (pid).
 .It Fl t