diff --git a/src/delay.rs b/src/delay.rs
index fbf4c82..03b786d 100644
--- a/src/delay.rs
+++ b/src/delay.rs
@@ -14,16 +14,24 @@ use rand::{
 /// Each retry increases the delay since the last exponentially.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Exponential {
-    base: u64,
     current: u64,
+    factor: f64,
 }
 
 impl Exponential {
     /// Create a new `Exponential` using the given millisecond duration as the initial delay.
     pub fn from_millis(base: u64) -> Self {
         Exponential {
-            base,
             current: base,
+            factor: base as f64,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new `Exponential` using the given millisecond duration as the initial delay and a variable multiplication factor.
+    pub fn from_millis_with_factor(base: u64, factor: f64) -> Self {
+        Exponential {
+            current: base,
+            factor,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -34,11 +42,12 @@ impl Iterator for Exponential {
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Duration> {
         let duration = Duration::from_millis(self.current);
 
-        if let Some(next) = self.current.checked_mul(self.base) {
-            self.current = next;
+        let next = (self.current as f64) * self.factor;
+        self.current = if next > (U64_MAX as f64) {
+            U64_MAX
         } else {
-            self.current = U64_MAX;
-        }
+            next as u64
+        };
 
         Some(duration)
     }
@@ -50,6 +59,24 @@ impl From<Duration> for Exponential {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn exponential_with_factor() {
+    let mut iter = Exponential::from_millis_with_factor(1000, 2.0);
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(1000)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(2000)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(4000)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(8000)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(16000)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(32000)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn exponential_overflow() {
+    let mut iter = Exponential::from_millis(U64_MAX);
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(U64_MAX)));
+    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Duration::from_millis(U64_MAX)));
+}
+
 /// Each retry uses a delay which is the sum of the two previous delays.
 ///
 /// Depending on the problem at hand, a fibonacci delay strategy might
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d7cddb3..d5f313a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ impl<E> Display for Error<E>
 where
     E: StdError,
 {
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), FmtError> {
         write!(formatter, "{}", self.description())
     }
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ impl<E> StdError for Error<E>
 where
     E: StdError,
 {
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn description(&self) -> &str {
         match *self {
             Error::Operation { ref error, .. } => error.description(),
@@ -339,6 +341,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(value, 2);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn succeeds_with_exponential_delay_with_factor() {
+        let mut collection = vec![1, 2].into_iter();
+
+        let value = retry(
+            Exponential::from_millis_with_factor(1000, 2.0),
+            || match collection.next() {
+                Some(n) if n == 2 => Ok(n),
+                Some(_) => Err("not 2"),
+                None => Err("not 2"),
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(value, 2);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn succeeds_with_ranged_delay() {
         let mut collection = vec![1, 2].into_iter();