diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkCmdExecutor.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkCmdExecutor.java
index 1fa89048c7f..bcbb5fb2901 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkCmdExecutor.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkCmdExecutor.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.zookeeper.data.ACL;
 
 
 public class ZkCmdExecutor {
-  private long retryDelay = 1500L; // 1500 ms over for padding
+  private long retryDelay = 1500L; // 1 second would match timeout, so 500 ms over for padding
   private int retryCount;
   private List<ACL> acl = ZooDefs.Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE;
   private double timeouts;