diff --git a/skimage/morphology/misc.py b/skimage/morphology/misc.py
index 40ec6c25..181fe5a4 100644
--- a/skimage/morphology/misc.py
+++ b/skimage/morphology/misc.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ skimage2ndimage.update({x: x for x in funcs})
 
 def default_fallback(func):
     """Decorator to fall back on ndimage for images with more than 2 dimensions
-
+    Decorator also provides a default structuring element, `selem`, with the
+    appropriate dimensionality if none is specified.
+    
     Parameters
     ----------
     func : function
@@ -29,26 +31,6 @@ def default_fallback(func):
     """
     
     def func_out(image, selem=None, out=None, **kwargs):
-        """Select a function appropriate for the image dimensionality
-    
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        image : ndarray
-            Image array.
-        selem : ndarray, optional
-            The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's.
-            If None, use cross-shaped structuring element (connectivity=1).
-        out : ndarray of bool, optional
-            The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is
-            passed, a new array will be allocated.
-    
-        Returns
-        -------
-        func_out : function
-            If the image dimentionality is greater than 2D, the ndimage
-            function is returned, otherwise skimage function is used.
-        """
-        
         # Default structure element
         if selem is None:
             selem = _default_selem(image.ndim)