diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_orb.py b/doc/examples/plot_orb.py
index 6576fbb7..899d14e0 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_orb.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_orb.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ This example demonstrates the ORB feature detection and binary description
 algorithm. It uses an oriented FAST detection method and the rotated BRIEF
 descriptors.
 
-ORB is comparatively scale- and rotation-invariant. As a binary descriptor it
-allows to employ the very efficient Hamming distance metric for matching and
-is thus preferred for real-time applications.
+Unlike BRIEF, ORB is comparatively scale- and rotation-invariant while still
+employing the very efficient Hamming distance metric for matching. As such, it
+is preferred for real-time applications.
 
 """
 from skimage import data