diff --git a/ansible/README.md b/ansible/README.md
index 3375fb9049a..777be4e47c9 100644
--- a/ansible/README.md
+++ b/ansible/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,23 @@ whisk.spi {
 .
 .
 ```
+#### Configure pause grace for the scheduler
+Set the value of pause-grace to 10s by default
+
+**core/invoker/src/main/resources/application.conf**
+```
+  container-proxy {
+    timeouts {
+      # The "unusedTimeout" in the ContainerProxy,
+      #aka 'How long should a container sit idle until we kill it?'
+      idle-container = 10 minutes
+      pause-grace = 10 seconds
+      keeping-duration = 10 minutes
+    }
+  .
+  .
+  .
+```
 
 #### Enable the scheduler
 - Make sure you enable the scheduler by configuring `scheduler_enable`.
diff --git a/core/invoker/src/main/resources/application.conf b/core/invoker/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 607ead6bf96..1624beb49d8 100644
--- a/core/invoker/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/core/invoker/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ whisk {
       # The "unusedTimeout" in the ContainerProxy,
       #aka 'How long should a container sit idle until we kill it?'
       idle-container = 10 minutes
-      pause-grace = 50 milliseconds
+      pause-grace = 10 seconds
       keeping-duration = 10 minutes
     }
     action-health-check {