diff --git a/man8/tzselect.8 b/man8/tzselect.8
index 139fd9b11..f5de62a5a 100644
--- a/man8/tzselect.8
+++ b/man8/tzselect.8
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ and outputs the resulting time zone description to standard output.
 The output is suitable as a value for the TZ environment variable.
 .PP
 All interaction with the user is done via standard input and standard error.
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+The exit status is zero if a time zone was successfully obtained
+from the user, non-zero otherwise.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
 \fBAWK\fP
@@ -36,9 +39,6 @@ descriptive comments.
 .TP
 \fBTZDIR\fP\fI/\fP\fITZ\fP
 Time zone data file for time zone \fITZ\fP.
-.SH "EXIT STATUS"
-The exit status is zero if a time zone was successfully obtained
-from the user, non-zero otherwise.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR tzfile (5),
 .BR zdump (8),