diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index bda1a78726..e0daf17548 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -925,8 +925,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	sb.found_guilty_entry = &found_guilty_entry;
 	sb.found_guilty_entry_data = π
 	if (show_progress)
-		pi.progress = start_progress_delay(_("Blaming lines"),
-						   sb.num_lines, 50, 1);
+		pi.progress = start_delayed_progress(_("Blaming lines"), sb.num_lines);
 
 	assign_blame(&sb, opt);
 
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 99dea7adf6..0031439fc4 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int traverse_reachable(void)
 	unsigned int nr = 0;
 	int result = 0;
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Checking connectivity"), 0, 0, 2);
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(_("Checking connectivity"), 0);
 	while (pending.nr) {
 		struct object_array_entry *entry;
 		struct object *obj;
diff --git a/builtin/prune-packed.c b/builtin/prune-packed.c
index ac978ad401..8f41f7c20e 100644
--- a/builtin/prune-packed.c
+++ b/builtin/prune-packed.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ static int prune_object(const struct object_id *oid, const char *path,
 void prune_packed_objects(int opts)
 {
 	if (opts & PRUNE_PACKED_VERBOSE)
-		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Removing duplicate objects"),
-			256, 95, 2);
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(_("Removing duplicate objects"), 256);
 
 	for_each_loose_file_in_objdir(get_object_directory(),
 				      prune_object, NULL, prune_subdir, &opts);
diff --git a/builtin/prune.c b/builtin/prune.c
index c378690545..cddabf26a9 100644
--- a/builtin/prune.c
+++ b/builtin/prune.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int cmd_prune(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (show_progress == -1)
 		show_progress = isatty(2);
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Checking connectivity"), 0, 0, 2);
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(_("Checking connectivity"), 0);
 
 	mark_reachable_objects(&revs, 1, expire, progress);
 	stop_progress(&progress);
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 95d84d5cda..dfad8e847a 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		revs.limited = 1;
 
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress_delay(show_progress, 0, 0, 2);
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(show_progress, 0);
 
 	if (use_bitmap_index && !revs.prune) {
 		if (revs.count && !revs.left_right && !revs.cherry_mark) {
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 786f389498..0d8c3d2ee4 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ void diffcore_rename(struct diff_options *options)
 	}
 
 	if (options->show_rename_progress) {
-		progress = start_progress_delay(
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(
 				_("Performing inexact rename detection"),
-				rename_dst_nr * rename_src_nr, 50, 1);
+				rename_dst_nr * rename_src_nr);
 	}
 
 	mx = xcalloc(st_mult(NUM_CANDIDATE_PER_DST, num_create), sizeof(*mx));
diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 73e36d4a42..289678d43d 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct progress {
 	unsigned total;
 	unsigned last_percent;
 	unsigned delay;
-	unsigned delayed_percent_treshold;
+	unsigned delayed_percent_threshold;
 	struct throughput *throughput;
 	uint64_t start_ns;
 };
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int display(struct progress *progress, unsigned n, const char *done)
 			return 0;
 		if (progress->total) {
 			unsigned percent = n * 100 / progress->total;
-			if (percent > progress->delayed_percent_treshold) {
+			if (percent > progress->delayed_percent_threshold) {
 				/* inhibit this progress report entirely */
 				clear_progress_signal();
 				progress->delay = -1;
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ int display_progress(struct progress *progress, unsigned n)
 	return progress ? display(progress, n, NULL) : 0;
 }
 
-struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, unsigned total,
-				       unsigned percent_treshold, unsigned delay)
+static struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, unsigned total,
+					     unsigned percent_threshold, unsigned delay)
 {
 	struct progress *progress = malloc(sizeof(*progress));
 	if (!progress) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, unsigned total,
 	progress->total = total;
 	progress->last_value = -1;
 	progress->last_percent = -1;
-	progress->delayed_percent_treshold = percent_treshold;
+	progress->delayed_percent_threshold = percent_threshold;
 	progress->delay = delay;
 	progress->throughput = NULL;
 	progress->start_ns = getnanotime();
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, unsigned total,
 	return progress;
 }
 
+struct progress *start_delayed_progress(const char *title, unsigned total)
+{
+	return start_progress_delay(title, total, 0, 2);
+}
+
 struct progress *start_progress(const char *title, unsigned total)
 {
 	return start_progress_delay(title, total, 0, 0);
diff --git a/progress.h b/progress.h
index 611e4c4d42..6392b63371 100644
--- a/progress.h
+++ b/progress.h
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ struct progress;
 void display_throughput(struct progress *progress, off_t total);
 int display_progress(struct progress *progress, unsigned n);
 struct progress *start_progress(const char *title, unsigned total);
-struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, unsigned total,
-				       unsigned percent_treshold, unsigned delay);
+struct progress *start_delayed_progress(const char *title, unsigned total);
 void stop_progress(struct progress **progress);
 void stop_progress_msg(struct progress **progress, const char *msg);
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index dd535bc849..e5ae7fe183 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ static struct progress *get_progress(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 			total++;
 	}
 
-	return start_progress_delay(_("Checking out files"),
-				    total, 50, 1);
+	return start_delayed_progress(_("Checking out files"), total);
 }
 
 static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)