diff --git a/backend/sample.env b/backend/sample.env
index 354021577..7f713a4c2 100644
--- a/backend/sample.env
+++ b/backend/sample.env
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_AGE=86400
 # Time in seconds to wait before polling LLMWhisperer's status API
 ADAPTER_LLMW_POLL_INTERVAL=30
 # Total number of times to poll the status API.
-# 500 mins to allow 1500 (max pages limit) * 20 (approx time in sec to process a page)
-ADAPTER_LLMW_MAX_POLLS=1000
+# ~60 mins (assuming it'll be enough to process 1500 pages with LLMW v2)
+ADAPTER_LLMW_MAX_POLLS=120
 # Number of times to retry the /whisper-status API before failing the extraction
 ADAPTER_LLMW_STATUS_RETRIES=5