diff --git a/cmd/provider/main.go b/cmd/provider/main.go
index 81167d45c..f24bdaf37 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/main.go
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@ func main() {
 	var (
 		app                = kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "Terraform based Crossplane provider for GCP").DefaultEnvars()
 		debug              = app.Flag("debug", "Run with debug logging.").Short('d').Bool()
-		syncPeriod         = app.Flag("sync", "Controller manager sync period such as 300ms, 1.5h, or 2h45m").Short('s').Default("1h").Duration()
+		syncInterval       = app.Flag("sync", "Sync interval controls how often all resources will be double checked for drift.").Short('s').Default("1h").Duration()
+		pollInterval       = app.Flag("poll", "Poll interval controls how often an individual resource should be checked for drift.").Default("10m").Duration()
 		leaderElection     = app.Flag("leader-election", "Use leader election for the controller manager.").Short('l').Default("false").OverrideDefaultFromEnvar("LEADER_ELECTION").Bool()
+		maxReconcileRate   = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The global maximum rate per second at which resources may checked for drift from the desired state.").Default("10").Int()
 		terraformVersion   = app.Flag("terraform-version", "Terraform version.").Required().Envar("TERRAFORM_VERSION").String()
 		providerSource     = app.Flag("terraform-provider-source", "Terraform provider source.").Required().Envar("TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_SOURCE").String()
 		providerVersion    = app.Flag("terraform-provider-version", "Terraform provider version.").Required().Envar("TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_VERSION").String()
 		nativeProviderPath = app.Flag("terraform-native-provider-path", "Terraform native provider path for shared execution.").Default("").Envar("TERRAFORM_NATIVE_PROVIDER_PATH").String()
-		maxReconcileRate   = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The global maximum rate per second at which resources may checked for drift from the desired state.").Default("10").Int()
 
 		namespace                  = app.Flag("namespace", "Namespace used to set as default scope in default secret store config.").Default("crossplane-system").Envar("POD_NAMESPACE").String()
 		enableExternalSecretStores = app.Flag("enable-external-secret-stores", "Enable support for ExternalSecretStores.").Default("false").Envar("ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SECRET_STORES").Bool()
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ func main() {
 		ctrl.SetLogger(zl)
 	}
 
-	log.Debug("Starting", "sync-period", syncPeriod.String())
+	log.Debug("Starting", "sync-interval", syncInterval.String(),
+		"poll-interval", pollInterval.String(), "max-reconcile-rate", *maxReconcileRate)
 
 	cfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Cannot get API server rest config")
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ func main() {
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ratelimiter.LimitRESTConfig(cfg, *maxReconcileRate), ctrl.Options{
 		LeaderElection:             *leaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:           "crossplane-leader-election-provider-gcp",
-		SyncPeriod:                 syncPeriod,
+		SyncPeriod:                 syncInterval,
 		LeaderElectionResourceLock: resourcelock.LeasesResourceLock,
 		LeaseDuration:              func() *time.Duration { d := 60 * time.Second; return &d }(),
 		RenewDeadline:              func() *time.Duration { d := 50 * time.Second; return &d }(),
@@ -99,8 +101,8 @@ func main() {
 		Options: xpcontroller.Options{
 			Logger:                  log,
 			GlobalRateLimiter:       ratelimiter.NewGlobal(*maxReconcileRate),
-			PollInterval:            1 * time.Minute,
-			MaxConcurrentReconciles: 1,
+			PollInterval:            *pollInterval,
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: *maxReconcileRate,
 			Features:                &feature.Flags{},
 		},
 		Provider:       config.GetProvider(),