diff --git a/skimage/feature/_hog.py b/skimage/feature/_hog.py
index 0b7d20e6286..3f8dc0b8b54 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/_hog.py
+++ b/skimage/feature/_hog.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def hog(image, orientations=9, pixels_per_cell=(8, 8),
         # Normalize to ensure that values fit in dtype_limits
         hog_image /= hog_image.max()
 
-    # The fourth stage computes normalisation, which takes local groups of
+    # The fourth stage computes normalisation
 
     n_blocksx = (n_cellsx - bx) + 1
     n_blocksy = (n_cellsy - by) + 1