diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/processing/JobManager.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/processing/JobManager.java
index e1505bd..a7cdccf 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/processing/JobManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/processing/JobManager.java
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 							if (VERBOSE) {
 								Util.verbose("WAITING after job - " + job); //$NON-NLS-1$
 							}
-							Thread.sleep(10);
+							Thread.sleep(5);
 						}
 					}
 				} catch (InterruptedException e) { // background indexing was interrupted