diff --git a/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini b/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
index 4666e503..bf83fce2 100644
--- a/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
+++ b/skimage/io/_plugins/tifffile_plugin.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [tifffile]
-description = Open and save TIFF and TIFF-based (LSM, STK, etc.) images using tifffile.py
+description = Load and save TIFF and TIFF-based images using tifffile.py
 provides = imread, imsave