diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 602df5c82..e5f61aeb7 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ The following category sections are defined by POSIX:
 .IP *
 .B LC_COLLATE
 .IP *
+.B LC_MESSAGES
+.IP *
 .B LC_MONETARY
 .IP *
 .B LC_NUMERIC
 .IP *
 .B LC_TIME
-.IP *
-.B LC_MESSAGES
 .PP
 In addition, since version 2.2,
 the GNU C library supports the following nonstandard categories:
@@ -325,6 +325,25 @@ The
 .B LC_COLLATE
 definition ends with the string
 .IR "END LC_COLLATE" .
+.SS LC_MESSAGES
+The definition starts with the string
+.B LC_MESSAGES
+in the first column.
+
+The following keywords are allowed:
+.TP
+.I yesexpr
+followed by a regular expression that describes possible
+yes-responses.
+.TP
+.I noexpr
+followed by a regular expression that describes possible
+no-responses.
+.PP
+The
+.B LC_MESSAGES
+definition ends with the string
+.IR "END LC_MESSAGES" .
 .SS LC_MONETARY
 The definition starts with the string
 .B LC_MONETARY
@@ -605,25 +624,6 @@ The
 .B LC_TIME
 definition ends with the string
 .IR "END LC_TIME" .
-.SS LC_MESSAGES
-The definition starts with the string
-.B LC_MESSAGES
-in the first column.
-
-The following keywords are allowed:
-.TP
-.I yesexpr
-followed by a regular expression that describes possible
-yes-responses.
-.TP
-.I noexpr
-followed by a regular expression that describes possible
-no-responses.
-.PP
-The
-.B LC_MESSAGES
-definition ends with the string
-.IR "END LC_MESSAGES" .
 .SH FILES
 /usr/lib/locale/
 \(em database for the current locale setting of that category