diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
index 11e0c04a65b..15f2488cd69 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
     this.conf = connection.getConfiguration();
     this.connection = connection;
 
-    this.pause = this.conf.getLong("hbase.client.pause", 1000);
+    this.pause = this.conf.getLong(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE,
+        HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE);
     this.numRetries = this.conf.getInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER,
         HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER);
     this.retryLongerMultiplier = this.conf.getInt(
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
index 83a916e4669..5d607a67f19 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
@@ -1233,7 +1233,8 @@ public class RpcClient {
   RpcClient(Configuration conf, String clusterId, SocketFactory factory, SocketAddress localAddr) {
     this.maxIdleTime = conf.getInt("hbase.ipc.client.connection.maxidletime", 10000); //10s
     this.maxRetries = conf.getInt("hbase.ipc.client.connect.max.retries", 0);
-    this.failureSleep = conf.getInt("hbase.client.pause", 1000);
+    this.failureSleep = conf.getLong(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE,
+        HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE);
     this.tcpNoDelay = conf.getBoolean("hbase.ipc.client.tcpnodelay", true);
     this.tcpKeepAlive = conf.getBoolean("hbase.ipc.client.tcpkeepalive", true);
     this.pingInterval = getPingInterval(conf);
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index 48caea307be..f0ad529dd0a 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ public final class HConstants {
   /**
    * Default value of {@link #HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE}.
    */
-  public static long DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE = 1000;
+  public static long DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_PAUSE = 100;
 
   /**
    * Parameter name for server pause value, used mostly as value to wait before