diff --git a/act/plotting/timeseriesdisplay.py b/act/plotting/timeseriesdisplay.py
index c08e712cde..ffe573dbdf 100644
--- a/act/plotting/timeseriesdisplay.py
+++ b/act/plotting/timeseriesdisplay.py
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ def plot_stripes(
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
-        Makes a fill_between plot, based on matplotlib
+        Makes a climate stripe plot with or without a baseline period specified
 
         Parameters
         ----------