diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index 003a48bd..409ca4e7 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const prefsSchema = {
     "dragHoldDelay": {
       "description": "How long (in seconds) to hold the mouse still before a window becomes draggable. Click and hold without moving — the cursor changes to a hand when ready, then drag to move. This allows normal text selection and clicking without accidental window drags. Set to 0 for instant drag. Takes effect on new windows.",
       "type": "number",
-      "default": 0.5
+      "default": 0.3
     },
     "defaultWindowWidth": {
       "description": "Default width for new windows (pixels)",
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ const defaults = {
     hideTitleBar: true,
     restoreSession: true,
     sessionAutosaveInterval: 5,
-    dragHoldDelay: 0.5,
+    dragHoldDelay: 0.3,
     defaultWindowWidth: 1024,
     defaultWindowHeight: 768,
     persistWindowBounds: false
diff --git a/backend/electron/tile-preload.cts b/backend/electron/tile-preload.cts
index 043ce4c9..7e5473da 100644
--- a/backend/electron/tile-preload.cts
+++ b/backend/electron/tile-preload.cts
@@ -2324,8 +2324,9 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('app', api);
 // ─── Click-and-Hold Window Drag (unified, application-wide) ─────────
 //
 // Provides drag-to-move for all frameless windows. Hold the mouse button
-// down for `dragHoldDelay` seconds (default 1s; configurable via the
-// `dragHoldDelay` pref in app/config.js), then drag to move the window.
+// down for `dragHoldDelay` seconds (configurable via the `dragHoldDelay`
+// pref in app/config.js — see Settings > Core), then drag to move the
+// window.
 // Works in every tile window that doesn't opt out via `data-no-drag` on
 // <body> (e.g. peek://app/page/index.html — canvas pages have their own
 // hold-drag system that pipes through the webview console-message
diff --git a/docs/feature-tour.md b/docs/feature-tour.md
index 7fe406f9..69cf1808 100644
--- a/docs/feature-tour.md
+++ b/docs/feature-tour.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ A comprehensive guide to every feature in Peek, the desktop web user agent. Peek
 
 **How to try it:**
 1. Open a page (`open example.com` in the command palette).
-2. The page appears as a floating window. Hold the mouse still on the page body for 1 second (configurable "drag hold delay" in Settings) -- the cursor changes to a hand, then drag to move the window.
+2. The page appears as a floating window. Hold the mouse still on the page body briefly (configurable "drag hold delay" in Settings) -- the cursor changes to a hand, then drag to move the window.
 3. Use the corner resize handle to change dimensions.
 
 ### Navbar
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ A comprehensive guide to every feature in Peek, the desktop web user agent. Peek
 **Where in UI:** Settings > Core > "Window drag hold delay".
 
 **How to try it:**
-1. Open Settings and set "Window drag hold delay" (default: 1 second).
+1. Open Settings and set "Window drag hold delay" (default: 0.3 seconds).
 2. On a page, click and hold without moving. After the delay, the cursor changes to a hand.
 3. Now move the mouse to drag the window.
 4. On the navbar background, drag is instant with no delay.