diff --git a/salt/config.py b/salt/config.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/config.py
+++ b/salt/config.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def minion_config(path, check_dns=True):
             'update_url': False,
             'update_restart_services': [],
             'retry_dns': 30,
-            'recon_max': 30000,
+            'recon_max': 5000,
             }
Change recon max to 5 seconds, since <I> makes recons take too long