diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index d92495b5b2..5f25583906 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2255,31 +2255,6 @@ Return as a monadic value the absolute file name in the store of the file
 containing @var{text}, a string.
 @end deffn
 
-@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
-Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
-containing all of @var{text}.  @var{text} may list, in addition to
-strings, packages, derivations, and store file names; the resulting
-store file holds references to all these.
-
-This variant should be preferred over @code{text-file} anytime the file
-to create will reference items from the store.  This is typically the
-case when building a configuration file that embeds store file names,
-like this:
-
-@example
-(define (profile.sh)
-  ;; Return the name of a shell script in the store that
-  ;; initializes the 'PATH' environment variable.
-  (text-file* "profile.sh"
-              "export PATH=" coreutils "/bin:"
-              grep "/bin:" sed "/bin\n"))
-@end example
-
-In this example, the resulting @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-profile.sh} file
-will references @var{coreutils}, @var{grep}, and @var{sed}, thereby
-preventing them from being garbage-collected during its lifetime.
-@end deffn
-
 @deffn {Monadic Procedure} interned-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @
          [#:recursive? #t]
 Return the name of @var{file} once interned in the store.  Use
@@ -2563,6 +2538,31 @@ The resulting file holds references to all the dependencies of @var{exp}
 or a subset thereof.
 @end deffn
 
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
+Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
+containing all of @var{text}.  @var{text} may list, in addition to
+strings, packages, derivations, and store file names; the resulting
+store file holds references to all these.
+
+This variant should be preferred over @code{text-file} anytime the file
+to create will reference items from the store.  This is typically the
+case when building a configuration file that embeds store file names,
+like this:
+
+@example
+(define (profile.sh)
+  ;; Return the name of a shell script in the store that
+  ;; initializes the 'PATH' environment variable.
+  (text-file* "profile.sh"
+              "export PATH=" coreutils "/bin:"
+              grep "/bin:" sed "/bin\n"))
+@end example
+
+In this example, the resulting @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-profile.sh} file
+will references @var{coreutils}, @var{grep}, and @var{sed}, thereby
+preventing them from being garbage-collected during its lifetime.
+@end deffn
+
 Of course, in addition to gexps embedded in ``host'' code, there are
 also modules containing build tools.  To make it clear that they are
 meant to be used in the build stratum, these modules are kept in the