diff --git a/doc/experiments.rst b/doc/experiments.rst
index 8a0b67e46a1ac87ae07525be5a6c941e40b192a5..2b3171a039a1d0caef2bb1208e5032b5c3d69485 100644
--- a/doc/experiments.rst
+++ b/doc/experiments.rst
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ file containing the plots. Available plots are:
 
 *  ``hist`` (histograms of scores with threshold line)
 
-*  ``cmc`` (cumulative match characteristic curve)
+*  ``cmc`` (cumulative match characteristic)
 
 *  ``dir`` (detection identification rate)