diff --git a/man2/spu_create.2 b/man2/spu_create.2
index 85f2d055e..92f5fc304 100644
--- a/man2/spu_create.2
+++ b/man2/spu_create.2
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ this usually occurs when the file descriptor returned by
 is closed.
 .PP
 The
+.I mode
+argument (minus any bits set in the process's
+.BR umask (2))
+specifies the permissions used for creating the new directory in
+.BR spufs .
+See
+.BR stat (2)
+for a full list of the possible
+.I mode
+values.
+.PP
+The
 .I flags
 argument can be zero or any bitwise OR-ed
 combination of the following constants:
@@ -152,18 +164,6 @@ argument.
 Create a context with affinity to system memory.
 This affinity information
 is used within the SPU scheduling algorithm.
-.PP
-The
-.I mode
-argument (minus any bits set in the process's
-.BR umask (2))
-specifies the permissions used for creating the new directory in
-.BR spufs .
-See
-.BR stat (2)
-for a full list of the possible
-.I mode
-values.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR spu_create ()