diff --git a/src/scontrol/scontrol.c b/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
index 9150293df6cea5b32ad97d3b4455435d848dc935..cac0a020ec00bb714925ad683a3b86fba8974981 100644
--- a/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
+++ b/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
 #include "src/common/xstring.h"
 
 #define	BUF_SIZE        1024
-#define CKPT_WAIT 600
+#define CKPT_WAIT	10
 #define OPT_LONG_HIDE	0x102
-#define MAX_NAME_LEN      64
+#define MAX_NAME_LEN	64
 #define	MAX_INPUT_FIELDS 128
 
 static char *command_name;