diff --git a/bob/example/faceverify/dct_ubm.py b/bob/example/faceverify/dct_ubm.py
index 44bfd22cc0f17e34a61bc1fd67506fc4cc7097d1..26fce1c53398e1e7506448c91a0d3631c133ae50 100644
--- a/bob/example/faceverify/dct_ubm.py
+++ b/bob/example/faceverify/dct_ubm.py
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ def main():
   print("Result: FAR", FAR, "and FRR", FRR, "at threshold", threshold)
 
   # plot ROC curve
-  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives)
-  pyplot.xlabel("False Rejection Rate (\%)")
-  pyplot.ylabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives, CAR=True)
+  pyplot.xlabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  pyplot.ylabel("Correct Acceptance Rate (\%)")
   pyplot.title("ROC Curve for UBM/GMM based AT\&T Verification Experiment")
   pyplot.grid()
-  pyplot.axis([0, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
+  pyplot.axis([0.1, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
 
   # save plot to file
   pyplot.savefig("dct_ubm.pdf")
diff --git a/bob/example/faceverify/eigenface.py b/bob/example/faceverify/eigenface.py
index 484f22beb36e68a98a8f8a10918679b6e0436de2..1ead78fbe9246f4f2e2e10b1c84172c9f93bc855 100644
--- a/bob/example/faceverify/eigenface.py
+++ b/bob/example/faceverify/eigenface.py
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ def main():
   print("Result: FAR", FAR, "and FRR", FRR, "at threshold", threshold)
 
   # plot ROC curve
-  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives)
-  pyplot.xlabel("False Rejection Rate (\%)")
-  pyplot.ylabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives, CAR=True)
+  pyplot.xlabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  pyplot.ylabel("Correct Acceptance Rate (\%)")
   pyplot.title("ROC Curve for Eigenface based AT\&T Verification Experiment")
   pyplot.grid()
-  pyplot.axis([0, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
+  pyplot.axis([0.1, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
 
   # save plot to file
   pyplot.savefig("eigenface.pdf")
diff --git a/bob/example/faceverify/gabor_graph.py b/bob/example/faceverify/gabor_graph.py
index e4168c103b2c276cd80953f246ef62c17641b22a..6ad9d78af9298fe466cc658429f7552f9022d62c 100644
--- a/bob/example/faceverify/gabor_graph.py
+++ b/bob/example/faceverify/gabor_graph.py
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ def main():
   print("Result: FAR", FAR, "and FRR", FRR, "at threshold", threshold)
 
   # plot ROC curve
-  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives)
-  pyplot.xlabel("False Rejection Rate (\%)")
-  pyplot.ylabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  bob.measure.plot.roc(negatives, positives, CAR=True)
+  pyplot.xlabel("False Acceptance Rate (\%)")
+  pyplot.ylabel("Correct Acceptance Rate (\%)")
   pyplot.title("ROC Curve for Gabor phase based AT\&T Verification Experiment")
   pyplot.grid()
-  pyplot.axis([0, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
+  pyplot.axis([0.1, 100, 0, 100]) #xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
 
   # save plot to file
   pyplot.savefig("gabor_graph.pdf")
diff --git a/doc/dct_ubm.png b/doc/dct_ubm.png
index d91e5b1c75e6521914165c3016a256a4f5d22775..0d597b674136ae91687da448de1c2584d44fb5f9 100644
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diff --git a/doc/eigenface.png b/doc/eigenface.png
index 3e6b4a0c64081281f4107f6693eb2c966fcca797..8b0bbeb8c7417492cb7757dd7456d926f2d6422d 100644
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diff --git a/doc/examples.rst b/doc/examples.rst
index ffc92c8af35f7237c7a7f740bfd0bfec2e0768c3..bdabfb064e3c316ccc84f8fbcbb44f00aea4baf9 100644
--- a/doc/examples.rst
+++ b/doc/examples.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ and the performance is computed:
 
 The expected result is: FAR 9.15% and FRR 9% at threshold -9276.2
 
+.. note::
+
+  Here we plot the ROC curves with logarithmic FAR axis --- to highlight the interesting part of the curve, i.e., where the FAR values are small.
+
 .. note::
 
   Computing eigenfaces with such a low amount of training data is usually not an excellent idea.
diff --git a/doc/gabor_graph.png b/doc/gabor_graph.png
index 2ead22e4aba0f34714cebcc338b404585b071076..c7dfc0fee1ec3378f140d58a376dc0cae87e6518 100644
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