slow round back off

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diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 2ad7638..a63e36c 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ the write lock, stamped with the clock) → `publish_change` (bumps the version,
 neighbour applies it and sends it at once to its children in the writer's tree (the
 writer known from the changes' author), which do the same; the members the trees miss
 are told of the new heads by announcement and pull what they lack, at once where no
-tree reaches them, else in the slow round 2 s later.
+tree reaches them, else in the slow round 2 s later (up to 16 s while nobody it tells
+lacks anything).
 
 **An inbound message.** Consumer → `handle_message`: drop our own and stale-run
 replies, admit (swarm key), mark the peer seen, record its epoch (ignoring late ones),