diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e87b2851..231cbe4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	finding the first occurrence twice.  And delete the piece of dead code
 	that was meant to do this.  This fixes Savannah bug #47188.
 	* src/search.c (findnextstr): Clean up and rename a variable.
+	* src/search.c (findnextstr): Poll the keyboard once per second.
 
 2016-03-22  Thomas Rosenau  <thomasr@fantasymail.de>
 	* configure.ac, src/*.c: Check for the existence of the REG_ENHANCED
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index af03f2ba..6a43f046 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ bool findnextstr(
 
     /* Start searching through the lines, looking for the needle. */
     while (TRUE) {
-	if (time(NULL) - lastkbcheck > 1) {
+	/* Glance at the keyboard once every second. */
+	if (time(NULL) - lastkbcheck > 0) {
 	    int input = parse_kbinput(edit);
 
 	    lastkbcheck = time(NULL);