diff --git a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
index f88dfadd..b3115442 100644
--- a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
+++ b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "d:ghn:o:O:p:s:uv")) != -1) {
 
 if (verbosity) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "running %s  pid=%d\n", argv[0], getpid());
-	fprintf(stderr, "period is %.3f microseconds\n", period);
+	fprintf(stderr, "period is %.3f milliseconds\n", period/1e3);
 	fprintf(stderr, "framesize is %dx%d\n", width, height);
 	}