diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 139284ce3a..1e87c5ba21 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ requests per second and requires ~10% CPU.
 +
 If 0 the update polling is disabled.
 +
-Default is 30 seconds.
+Default is 5 minutes.
 
 [[change.allowBlame]]change.allowBlame::
 +
diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/config/ServerInfoIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/config/ServerInfoIT.java
index f51bbf5f9a..351623abfc 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/config/ServerInfoIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/config/ServerInfoIT.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class ServerInfoIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
     assertThat(i.change.largeChange).isEqualTo(500);
     assertThat(i.change.replyTooltip).startsWith("Reply and score");
     assertThat(i.change.replyLabel).isEqualTo("Reply\u2026");
-    assertThat(i.change.updateDelay).isEqualTo(30);
+    assertThat(i.change.updateDelay).isEqualTo(300);
 
     // download
     assertThat(i.download.archives).containsExactly("tar", "tbz2", "tgz", "txz");
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GetServerInfo.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GetServerInfo.java
index 5c09055ef7..7450b32086 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GetServerInfo.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/GetServerInfo.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class GetServerInfo implements RestReadView<ConfigResource> {
     info.replyLabel =
         Optional.ofNullable(cfg.getString("change", null, "replyLabel")).orElse("Reply") + "\u2026";
     info.updateDelay =
-        (int) ConfigUtil.getTimeUnit(cfg, "change", null, "updateDelay", 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        (int) ConfigUtil.getTimeUnit(cfg, "change", null, "updateDelay", 300, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     info.submitWholeTopic = Submit.wholeTopicEnabled(cfg);
     return info;
   }