diff --git a/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
index dd35ce7e58..c0491c0e22 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 2004-11-22  Georg Baum  <Georg.Baum@post.rwth-aachen.de>
 
 	* GSendto.C: Disable concept checks (see below)
+	* GWorkArea.C: Set small scrolling interval to 3*lineheight
+		as opposed to 1*lineheight
 
 2004-11-21  John Spray  <spray_john@users.sourceforge.net>
 	
diff --git a/src/frontends/gtk/GWorkArea.C b/src/frontends/gtk/GWorkArea.C
index 1d06147fe9..4442e4b0c8 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gtk/GWorkArea.C
+++ b/src/frontends/gtk/GWorkArea.C
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void GWorkArea::setScrollbarParams(int height, int pos, int line_height)
 		adjustment->changed();
 		return;
 	}
-	adjustment->set_step_increment(line_height);
+	adjustment->set_step_increment(line_height * 3);
 	adjustment->set_page_increment(workAreaHeight - line_height);
 	// Allow the user half a screen of blank at the end
 	// to make scrollbar consistant with centering the cursor