diff --git a/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html b/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
index fc82ef5d..be9fbb52 100644
--- a/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
+++ b/swh/web/templates/browse/revision-log.html
@@ -1,126 +1,127 @@
 {% extends "./browse.html" %}
 
 {% comment %}
 Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
 See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 {% endcomment %}
 
 {% load render_bundle from webpack_loader %}
 {% load swh_templatetags %}
 
 {% block header %}
 {{ block.super }}
 {% render_bundle 'revision' %}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block swh-browse-content %}
 {% if snapshot_context %}
   {% include "includes/top-navigation.html" %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if snapshot_context and snapshot_context.is_empty %}
   {% include "includes/empty-snapshot.html" %}
 {% else %}
 
   <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>
 
   <div class="table-responsive mb-3">
     <table class="table swh-table swh-table-striped">
       <thead>
         <tr>
           <th><i class="{{ swh_object_icons.revision }} fa-fw"></i>Revision</th>
           <th>Author</th>
           <th>Date</th>
           <th>Message</th>
           <th>Commit Date</th>
         </tr>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
         {% for rev in revision_log %}
           <tr class="swh-revision-log-entry swh-tr-hover-highlight" data-href="{{ rev.url }}" title="{{ rev.tooltip }}">
             <td class="swh-revision-log-entry-id">
               <a href="{{ rev.url }}">
                 <i class="{{ swh_object_icons|key_value:'revision' }} fa-fw"></i>{{ rev.id }}
               </a>
             </td>
             <td class="swh-revision-log-entry-author">
               <a href="{{ rev.url }}">
                 {{ rev.author }}
               </a>
             </td>
             <td class="swh-revision-log-entry-date">
               <a href="{{ rev.url }}">
                 {{ rev.date }}
               </a>
             </td>
             <td class="swh-log-entry-message swh-table-cell-text-overflow">
               <a href="{{ rev.url }}">
                 {{ rev.message }}
               </a>
             </td>
             <td class="swh-revision-log-entry-commit-date">
               <a href="{{ rev.url }}">
                 {{ rev.commit_date }}
               </a>
             </td>
           </tr>
         {% endfor %}
       </tbody>
     </table>
   </div>
 
   <script>
     swh.revision.initRevisionsLog();
   </script>
 {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block swh-browse-after-content %}
 {% if not snapshot_context or not snapshot_context.is_empty %}
   <ul class="pagination justify-content-center">
     {% if next_log_url %}
       <li class="page-item">
         <a class="page-link" href="{{ next_log_url }}">{% if revs_ordering %}Previous{% else %}Newer{% endif %}</a>
       </li>
     {% else %}
       <li class="page-item disabled">
         <a class="page-link">{% if revs_ordering %}Previous{% else %}Newer{% endif %}</a>
       </li>
     {% endif %}
     {% if prev_log_url %}
       <li class="page-item">
         <a class="page-link" href="{{ prev_log_url }}">{% if revs_ordering %}Next{% else %}Older{% endif %}</a>
       </li>
     {% else %}
       <li class="page-item disabled">
         <a class="page-link">{% if revs_ordering %}Next{% else %}Older{% endif %}</a>
       </li>
     {% endif %}
   </ul>
 {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}