diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilder.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilder.java
index 7a5313a6607..94996b1a124 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class TaskExecutorBuilder {
 		map.from(this.keepAlive).asInt(Duration::getSeconds).to(taskExecutor::setKeepAliveSeconds);
 		map.from(this.allowCoreThreadTimeOut).to(taskExecutor::setAllowCoreThreadTimeOut);
 		map.from(this.awaitTermination).to(taskExecutor::setWaitForTasksToCompleteOnShutdown);
-		map.from(this.awaitTerminationPeriod).asInt(Duration::getSeconds).to(taskExecutor::setAwaitTerminationSeconds);
+		map.from(this.awaitTerminationPeriod).as(Duration::toMillis).to(taskExecutor::setAwaitTerminationMillis);
 		map.from(this.threadNamePrefix).whenHasText().to(taskExecutor::setThreadNamePrefix);
 		map.from(this.taskDecorator).to(taskExecutor::setTaskDecorator);
 		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.customizers)) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilderTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilderTests.java
index 763d6af607a..9a258243499 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/task/TaskExecutorBuilderTests.java
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class TaskExecutorBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void awaitTerminationPeriodShouldApply() {
-		Duration period = Duration.ofMinutes(1);
+	void awaitTerminationPeriodShouldApplyWithMillisecondPrecision() {
+		Duration period = Duration.ofMillis(50);
 		ThreadPoolTaskExecutor executor = this.builder.awaitTerminationPeriod(period).build();
 		assertThat(executor).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("awaitTerminationMillis", period.toMillis());
 	}