diff --git a/spec/Plugin/RetryPluginSpec.php b/spec/Plugin/RetryPluginSpec.php
index 269e90a..37800ae 100644
--- a/spec/Plugin/RetryPluginSpec.php
+++ b/spec/Plugin/RetryPluginSpec.php
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ function it_does_not_keep_history_of_old_failure(RequestInterface $request, Resp
 
     function it_has_an_exponential_default_delay(RequestInterface $request, Exception\HttpException $exception)
     {
-        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 0)->shouldBe(1000);
-        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 1)->shouldBe(2000);
-        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 2)->shouldBe(4000);
-        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 3)->shouldBe(8000);
+        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 0)->shouldBe(500000);
+        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 1)->shouldBe(1000000);
+        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 2)->shouldBe(2000000);
+        $this->defaultDelay($request, $exception, 3)->shouldBe(4000000);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Plugin/RetryPlugin.php b/src/Plugin/RetryPlugin.php
index 1a58004..8446246 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/RetryPlugin.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/RetryPlugin.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final class RetryPlugin implements Plugin
      *
      *     @var int $retries Number of retries to attempt if an exception occurs before letting the exception bubble up.
      *     @var callable $decider A callback that gets a request and an exception to decide after a failure whether the request should be retried.
-     *     @var callable $delay A callback that gets a request, an exception and the number of retries and returns how many milliseconds we should wait before trying again.
+     *     @var callable $delay A callback that gets a request, an exception and the number of retries and returns how many microseconds we should wait before trying again.
      * }
      */
     public function __construct(array $config = [])
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@ public function handleRequest(RequestInterface $request, callable $next, callabl
      */
     public static function defaultDelay(RequestInterface $request, Exception $e, $retries)
     {
-        return pow(2, $retries) * 1000;
+        return pow(2, $retries) * 500000;
     }
 }