diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 44deeea..7867b8f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -240,10 +240,14 @@
 ;; window.
 (setq scroll-preserve-screen-position t)
 
-;; Setting `scroll-conservatively' to a high number like 10000 makes Emacs only
-;; scroll a little bit to bring your cursor back into view, minimizing
-;; unnecessary page movements.
-(setq scroll-conservatively 10000)
+;; Emacs spends excessive time recentering the screen when the cursor moves more
+;; than N lines past the window edges (where N is the value of
+;; `scroll-conservatively`). This can be particularly slow in larger files
+;; during extensive scrolling. If `scroll-conservatively` is set above 100, the
+;; window is never automatically recentered. The default value of 0 triggers
+;; recentering too aggressively. Setting it to 10 reduces excessive recentering
+;; and only recenters the window when scrolling significantly off-screen.
+(setq scroll-conservatively 10)
 
 ;; Enables smooth scrolling by making Emacs scroll the window by 1 line whenever
 ;; the cursor moves off the visible screen.