diff --git a/examples/penalize.query_latency.Gatfile b/examples/penalize.query_latency.Gatfile
index 9312d7fff55d825766134633da8fe5e16a8d0492..804bd71e9cac9f93aac3f3ad129f833a428ed7c6 100644
--- a/examples/penalize.query_latency.Gatfile
+++ b/examples/penalize.query_latency.Gatfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         pool basic session {
             penalize latency
             penalize latency 500ms
-            penalize latency 500ms 5m
+            penalize latency 500ms 3m
 
             penalize latency {
             }
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
             }
 
             penalize latency {
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize latency {
                 query_threshold 500ms
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize query_latency
             penalize query_latency 500ms
-            penalize query_latency 500ms 5m
+            penalize query_latency 500ms 3m
 
             penalize query_latency {
             }
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
             }
 
             penalize query_latency {
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize query_latency {
                 query_threshold 500ms
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
         }
diff --git a/examples/penalize.replication_latency.Gatfile b/examples/penalize.replication_latency.Gatfile
index 32aa1318b3acf7b1db7358951f339da2ba9d8f5c..0481f5323f9a4957f340347c9f2ba7a9f63bd5cc 100644
--- a/examples/penalize.replication_latency.Gatfile
+++ b/examples/penalize.replication_latency.Gatfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
-                replication_threshold 3m
+                replication_threshold 7m
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
@@ -15,28 +15,28 @@
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
-                replication_threshold 3m
+                replication_threshold 7m
                 query_threshold 500ms
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
-                replication_threshold 3m
-                validity 5m
+                replication_threshold 7m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
                 query_threshold 500ms
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
 
             penalize replication_latency {
-                replication_threshold 3m
+                replication_threshold 7m
                 query_threshold 500ms
-                validity 5m
+                validity 3m
             }
         }