diff --git a/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation.h b/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation.h
index fa6939535751630ace751f077fe742d57991b499..2c69313269715896fd0edaed40998fcb3c084448 100644
--- a/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation.h
+++ b/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation.h
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public:
   // will be defined in terms of the scaled space. For example, if the VTK world
   // coordinates are assumed to be in inches, but the desired distance units
   // should be defined in terms of centimeters, the scale factor should be set
-  // to 0.3937. The ruler marks will then be spaced in terms of centimeters, and
-  // the label will contain the measurement in centimeters.
+  // to 2.54. The ruler marks will then be spaced in terms of centimeters, and
+  // the label will show the measurement in centimeters.
   vtkSetMacro(Scale,double);
   vtkGetMacro(Scale,double);
 
diff --git a/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation2D.cxx b/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation2D.cxx
index 4c9ab7e240e9d9509756db1fc9378144226d828a..7ea56c6a7083a2e719001e00b2d23ab6378c2b8f 100644
--- a/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation2D.cxx
+++ b/Interaction/Widgets/vtkDistanceRepresentation2D.cxx
@@ -183,16 +183,14 @@ void vtkDistanceRepresentation2D::BuildRepresentation()
     this->AxisActor->GetPoint1Coordinate()->SetValue(p1);
     this->AxisActor->GetPoint2Coordinate()->SetValue(p2);
     this->AxisActor->SetRulerMode(this->RulerMode);
-    this->AxisActor->SetRulerDistance(this->RulerDistance * this->Scale);
-    this->AxisActor->SetNumberOfLabels(this->NumberOfRulerTicks);
-
-    double scaledDistance = this->Distance;
     if (this->Scale != 0.0)
       {
-      scaledDistance /= this->Scale;
+      this->AxisActor->SetRulerDistance(this->RulerDistance / this->Scale);
       }
+    this->AxisActor->SetNumberOfLabels(this->NumberOfRulerTicks);
+
     char string[512];
-    sprintf(string, this->LabelFormat, scaledDistance);
+    sprintf(string, this->LabelFormat, this->Distance * this->Scale);
     this->AxisActor->SetTitle(string);
 
     this->BuildTime.Modified();