diff --git a/man4/full.4 b/man4/full.4
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--- a/man4/full.4
+++ b/man4/full.4
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 .TH FULL 4 1997-08-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 full \- always full device
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+If your system does not have \fI/dev/full\fP created already, it
+can be created with the following commands:
+.nf
+
+        mknod \-m 666 /dev/full c 1 7
+        chown root:root /dev/full
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 File \fI/dev/full\fP has major device number 1
 and minor device number 7.
@@ -38,14 +46,6 @@ This can be used to test how a program handles disk-full errors.
 Reads from the \fI/dev/full\fP device will return \\0 characters.
 
 Seeks on \fI/dev/full\fP will always succeed.
-.SH CONFIGURATION
-If your system does not have \fI/dev/full\fP created already, it
-can be created with the following commands:
-.nf
-
-        mknod \-m 666 /dev/full c 1 7
-        chown root:root /dev/full
-.fi
 .SH FILES
 /dev/full
 .SH "SEE ALSO"