diff --git a/bitswap/client/client.go b/bitswap/client/client.go
index d75b7c861..f1308793d 100644
--- a/bitswap/client/client.go
+++ b/bitswap/client/client.go
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ var log = logging.Logger("bitswap-client")
 // bitswap instances
 type Option func(*Client)
 
-// ProviderSearchDelay sets idle-delay value.  When the session
-// idles (does not receive any blocks) for this duration, a broadcast is
-// triggered. The broadcast finds new peers and sends the wantlist. See
-// [defaults.ProvSearchDelay] for the default (1s as of this writing).
+// ProviderSearchDelay sets the initial dely before triggering a provider
+// search to find more peers and broadcast the want list. It also partially
+// controls re-broadcasts delay when the session idles (does not receive any
+// blocks), but these have back-off logic to increase the interval. See
+// [defaults.ProvSearchDelay] for the default.
 func ProviderSearchDelay(newProvSearchDelay time.Duration) Option {
 	return func(bs *Client) {
 		bs.provSearchDelay = newProvSearchDelay
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func ProviderSearchDelay(newProvSearchDelay time.Duration) Option {
 // RebroadcastDelay sets a custom delay for periodic search of a random want.
 // When the value ellapses, a random CID from the wantlist is chosen and the
 // client attempts to find more peers for it and sends them the single want.
-// Default is set to 1 minute in [New].
+// [defaults.RebroadcastDelay] for the default.
 func RebroadcastDelay(newRebroadcastDelay delay.D) Option {
 	return func(bs *Client) {
 		bs.rebroadcastDelay = newRebroadcastDelay
diff --git a/bitswap/internal/defaults/defaults.go b/bitswap/internal/defaults/defaults.go
index f9494a0da..c7ac566f5 100644
--- a/bitswap/internal/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/bitswap/internal/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package defaults
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"time"
+
+	delay "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -34,3 +36,9 @@ const (
 	MaximumHashLength = 128
 	MaximumAllowedCid = binary.MaxVarintLen64*4 + MaximumHashLength
 )
+
+var (
+	// RebroadcastDelay is the default delay to trigger broadcast of
+	// random CIDs in the wantlist.
+	RebroadcastDelay = delay.Fixed(time.Minute)
+)