diff --git a/apps/reader/views.py b/apps/reader/views.py
index 69d5bd89f..cf066c54d 100644
--- a/apps/reader/views.py
+++ b/apps/reader/views.py
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ def refresh_feeds(request):
     feed_ids = request.REQUEST.getlist('feed_id')
     check_fetch_status = request.REQUEST.get('check_fetch_status')
     favicons_fetching = request.REQUEST.getlist('favicons_fetching')
-    time.sleep(3)
     social_feed_ids = [feed_id for feed_id in feed_ids if 'social:' in feed_id]
     feed_ids = list(set(feed_ids) - set(social_feed_ids))
     
diff --git a/templates/maintenance_off.html b/templates/maintenance_off.html
index 7b3445473..a3b9dc4e8 100644
--- a/templates/maintenance_off.html
+++ b/templates/maintenance_off.html
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
                         <img src="/media/img/logo_512.png" class="logo">
                         <h1>NewsBlur is in <span class="error404">maintenance mode</span></h1>
                         <div class="description">
-                            <p>This will take about 5 minutes. This is the second half of two maintenance modes for the night. I run this maintenance about four times a year. Check the average load time graphs, they should go down to a nice even 0.1 sec on average after tonight's maintenance.</p>
-                            <p>Technically what I'm doing is moving the primary mongo server to a secondary so I can shut it down and run a compaction. Takes a few hours. This is now done and I'm flipping back to the primary.</p>
+                            <p>This will take about 5 minutes. The MongoDB server is cracking under normal load, so I'm trying some things in order to get it back into good shape.</p>
                             <p>To pass the time, <a href="http://mlkshk.com/popular">check out what's popular on MLKSHK</a>.</p>
                         </div>
                     </div>