diff --git a/appearance.el b/appearance.el
index 5ddf484..13adaeb 100644
--- a/appearance.el
+++ b/appearance.el
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   (setq linum+-smart-format "%%%dd " linum+-dynamic-format "%%%dd "))
 
 ;; scroll one line at a time (less "jumpy" than defaults)
-(setq mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(2 ((shift) . 2)) ;; one line at a time
+(setq mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(2 ((shift) . 10)) ;; two lines at a time
       mouse-wheel-progressive-speed nil ;; don't accelerate scrolling
       mouse-wheel-follow-mouse 't ;; scroll window under mouse
       scroll-step 1 ;; keyboard scroll one line at a time