diff --git a/bob/bio/base/script/figure.py b/bob/bio/base/script/figure.py
index c41da2bdbd2754fe74bc40160988dc1bfc04d29f..a39aa7e703273b7cf196febccbb446c4773db4d8 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/script/figure.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/script/figure.py
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class Dir(measure_figure.PlotBase):
         self._semilogx = ctx.meta.get('semilogx', True)
         self._rank = ctx.meta.get('rank', 1)
         self._title = self._title or 'DIR curve'
-        self._x_label = self._title or 'FAR'
-        self._y_label = self._title or 'DIR'
+        self._x_label = self._x_label or 'False Alarm Rate'
+        self._y_label = self._y_label or 'Detection and Identification Rate'
 
     def compute(self, idx, input_scores, input_names):
         ''' Plot DIR for dev and eval data using