diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5af429a..319a296 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Some errors are very common in production (like the underlying `Socket`
 yielding `ECONNRESET`), and can easily and instantly be remediated
 by retrying.
 
-The default behavior of `fetch-retry` is to attempt retries **10**, **50**
-and **250** milliseconds (a total of 3 retires) after
+The default behavior of `fetch-retry` is to attempt retries **10**, **60**
+**360** and **2160** milliseconds (a total of 4 retires) after
 a *network error* or *5xx* error occur.
 
 The idea is to provide a sensible default: most applications should
 continue to perform correctly with a worst case scenario of a given
-request having an additional 250ms overhead. 
+request having an additional 2160ms overhead. 
 
 On the other hand, most applications that use `fetch-retry` instead of
 vanilla `fetch` should see lower rates of common errors and fewer 'glitches'