diff --git a/examples/policies/lb_policy.yaml b/examples/policies/lb_policy.yaml
index 1bbb5d822..06feb0ac9 100644
--- a/examples/policies/lb_policy.yaml
+++ b/examples/policies/lb_policy.yaml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ properties:
     # can be PING, TCP, HTTP, or HTTPS.
     type: 'PING'
 
-    # The amount of time, in seconds, between sending probes to members.
-    delay: 10
+    # The amount of time, in milliseconds, between sending probes to members.
+    delay: 10000
 
-    # The maximum time in seconds that a monitor waits to connect before it
-    # times out. This value must be less than the delay value.
-    timeout: 5
+    # The maximum time in milliseconds that a monitor waits to connect before
+    # it times out. This value must be less than the delay value.
+    timeout: 5000
 
     # The number of allowed connection failures before changing the status
     # of the member to INACTIVE. A valid value is from 1 to 10.
diff --git a/senlin/policies/lb_policy.py b/senlin/policies/lb_policy.py
index 89ecca56d..f0229b226 100644
--- a/senlin/policies/lb_policy.py
+++ b/senlin/policies/lb_policy.py
@@ -222,13 +222,13 @@ class LoadBalancingPolicy(base.Policy):
                     default=PING,
                 ),
                 HM_DELAY: schema.Integer(
-                    _('The amount of time in seconds between sending '
+                    _('The amount of time in milliseconds between sending '
                       'probes to members.'),
                     default=10,
                 ),
                 HM_TIMEOUT: schema.Integer(
-                    _('The maximum time in seconds that a monitor waits to '
-                      'connect before it times out.'),
+                    _('The maximum time in milliseconds that a monitor waits '
+                      'to connect before it times out.'),
                     default=5,
                 ),
                 HM_MAX_RETRIES: schema.Integer(