diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c
index c00e55f9b3c6..634db056ede2 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int	 syncookie_cmp(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct syncache_head *sch,
  *                  tcp_backoff[1] +
  *                  tcp_backoff[2] +
  *                  tcp_backoff[3]) + 3 * tcp_rexmit_slop,
- * 3000 ms * (1 + 2 + 4 + 8) +  3 * 200 ms = 45600 ms,
+ * 1000 ms * (1 + 2 + 4 + 8) +  3 * 200 ms = 15600 ms,
  * the odds are that the user has given up attempting to connect by then.
  */
 #define SYNCACHE_MAXREXMTS		3
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
index 1027ac24b26e..b3ab2d43f21f 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #define	TCPTV_MSL	( 30*hz)		/* max seg lifetime (hah!) */
 #define	TCPTV_SRTTBASE	0			/* base roundtrip time;
 						   if 0, no idea yet */
-#define	TCPTV_RTOBASE	(  3*hz)		/* assumed RTO if no info */
+#define	TCPTV_RTOBASE	(  1*hz)		/* assumed RTO if no info */
 
 #define	TCPTV_PERSMIN	(  5*hz)		/* minimum persist interval */
 #define	TCPTV_PERSMAX	( 60*hz)		/* maximum persist interval */