diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
index 6c6a777c..c494ee68 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ void gui_readline_init(void)
         input_listen_init(STDIN_FILENO);
 
 	settings_add_str("history", "scroll_page_count", "/2");
-	settings_add_time("misc", "paste_detect_time", "10msecs");
+	settings_add_time("misc", "paste_detect_time", "5msecs");
 	/* NOTE: function keys can generate at least 5 characters long
 	   keycodes. this must be larger to allow them to work. */
-	settings_add_int("misc", "paste_detect_keycount", 6);
+	settings_add_int("misc", "paste_detect_keycount", 10);
 	settings_add_int("misc", "paste_verify_line_count", 5);
         setup_changed();