diff --git a/data/pam_fprintd.pod b/data/pam_fprintd.pod
index 69b1a73..9e92145 100644
--- a/data/pam_fprintd.pod
+++ b/data/pam_fprintd.pod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ authentication failure. The minimum number of tries is 1 while the default is 3.
 =item B<timeout=I<TIMEOUT>>
 
 The amount of time before returning an authentication failure. The default timeout
-is 30 seconds, with 10 seconds being the minimum.
+is 30 seconds, with 1 second being the minimum.
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/pam/pam_fprintd.c b/pam/pam_fprintd.c
index 93cade9..0b84a14 100644
--- a/pam/pam_fprintd.c
+++ b/pam/pam_fprintd.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES 3
 #define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 30
-#define MIN_TIMEOUT 10
+#define MIN_TIMEOUT 1
 
 #define DEBUG_MATCH "debug="
 #define MAX_TRIES_MATCH "max-tries="