diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/ui/editors/AbstractDebugTextHover.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/ui/editors/AbstractDebugTextHover.java
index 0b165616dc0..7cee3f80b2b 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/ui/editors/AbstractDebugTextHover.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/ui/editors/AbstractDebugTextHover.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2010 QNX Software Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDebugTextHover implements ICEditorTextHover, IText
 					}
 				}
 			};
-			job.setPriority(Job.DECORATE);
+			job.setPriority(Job.SHORT);
 			job.setSystem(true);
 			job.schedule();
 			try {