diff --git a/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini b/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
index 041e79a5..4666e503 100644
--- a/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
+++ b/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [tifffile]
-description = Open, save, or display images using tifffile.py
+description = Open and save TIFF and TIFF-based (LSM, STK, etc.) images using tifffile.py
 provides = imread, imsave