1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
index 7d34e4e6f3ad..ef4c39521e2b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
+++ b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ preceded by a
 .Ql \-
 and in its own shell argument;
 each option argument is also in its own shell argument.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+The
+.Nm
+utility prints an error message on the standard error output and exits with
+status > 0 when it encounters an option letter not included in
+.Ar optstring .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code fragment shows how one might process the arguments
 for a command that can take the options
@@ -88,12 +94,6 @@ cmd \-a \-oarg \-\- file file
 .Xr getopts 1 ,
 .Xr sh 1 ,
 .Xr getopt 3
-.Sh EXIT STATUS
-The
-.Nm
-utility prints an error message on the standard error output and exits with
-status > 0 when it encounters an option letter not included in
-.Ar optstring .
 .Sh HISTORY
 Written by
 .An Henry Spencer ,