diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 8b200f6bfd4..4d628647f30 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func NewCMServer() *CMServer {
 		NodeSyncPeriod:                    10 * time.Second,
 		ResourceQuotaSyncPeriod:           10 * time.Second,
 		NamespaceSyncPeriod:               5 * time.Minute,
-		PVClaimBinderSyncPeriod:           10 * time.Second,
+		PVClaimBinderSyncPeriod:           10 * time.Minute,
 		HorizontalPodAutoscalerSyncPeriod: 30 * time.Second,
 		DeploymentControllerSyncPeriod:    30 * time.Second,
 		MinResyncPeriod:                   12 * time.Hour,
diff --git a/docs/admin/kube-controller-manager.md b/docs/admin/kube-controller-manager.md
index d5813bf380c..942a47ba13b 100644
--- a/docs/admin/kube-controller-manager.md
+++ b/docs/admin/kube-controller-manager.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ kube-controller-manager
       --pv-recycler-pod-template-filepath-hostpath="": The file path to a pod definition used as a template for HostPath persistent volume recycling. This is for development and testing only and will not work in a multi-node cluster.
       --pv-recycler-pod-template-filepath-nfs="": The file path to a pod definition used as a template for NFS persistent volume recycling
       --pv-recycler-timeout-increment-hostpath=30: the increment of time added per Gi to ActiveDeadlineSeconds for a HostPath scrubber pod.  This is for development and testing only and will not work in a multi-node cluster.
-      --pvclaimbinder-sync-period=10s: The period for syncing persistent volumes and persistent volume claims
+      --pvclaimbinder-sync-period=10m0s: The period for syncing persistent volumes and persistent volume claims
       --resource-quota-sync-period=10s: The period for syncing quota usage status in the system
       --root-ca-file="": If set, this root certificate authority will be included in service account's token secret. This must be a valid PEM-encoded CA bundle.
       --service-account-private-key-file="": Filename containing a PEM-encoded private RSA key used to sign service account tokens.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ kube-controller-manager
       --terminated-pod-gc-threshold=12500: Number of terminated pods that can exist before the terminated pod garbage collector starts deleting terminated pods. If <= 0, the terminated pod garbage collector is disabled.
 ```
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 18-Oct-2015
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 4-Nov-2015
 
 
 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->