diff --git a/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html b/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
--- a/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
+++ b/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
@@ -27,25 +27,26 @@
   <hr class="mt-0 mb-0">
 
   <div class="text-center">
-    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="Display revisions in reverse chronological order of their commit date">
+    sort by:
+    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="reverse chronological order">
       <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="revs-ordering" id="revs-ordering-date"
             value="" onclick="swh.revision.revsOrderingTypeClicked(event)" checked>
-      <label class="form-check-label active" for="revs-ordering-date">Commit date ordering</label>
+      <label class="form-check-label active" for="revs-ordering-date">revision date</label>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="Display revisions in the same order they are visited when performing a depth-first search in pre order on the revisions DAG">
+    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="pre-order, depth-first visit on the revision graph">
       <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="revs-ordering" id="revs-ordering-dfs"
             value="dfs" onclick="swh.revision.revsOrderingTypeClicked(event)">
-      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-dfs">DFS ordering</label>
+      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-dfs">DFS</label>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="Display revisions in the same order they are visited when performing a depth-first search in post order on the revisions DAG">
+    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="post-order, depth-first visit on the revision graph">
       <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="revs-ordering" id="revs-ordering-dfs-post"
             value="dfs_post" onclick="swh.revision.revsOrderingTypeClicked(event)">
-      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-dfs-post">DFS post ordering</label>
+      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-dfs-post">DFS post-ordering</label>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="Display revisions in the same order they are visited when performing a breadth-first search on the revisions DAG">
+    <div class="form-check form-check-inline" title="breadth-first visit on the revision graph">
       <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="revs-ordering" id="revs-ordering-bfs"
             value="bfs" onclick="swh.revision.revsOrderingTypeClicked(event)">
-      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-bfs">BFS ordering</label>
+      <label class="form-check-label" for="revs-ordering-bfs">BFS</label>
     </div>
   </div>