diff --git a/language/basic-syntax.xml b/language/basic-syntax.xml
index c97ecf99c6..7f43e9afc9 100644
--- a/language/basic-syntax.xml
+++ b/language/basic-syntax.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.basic-syntax">
   <title>Basic syntax</title>
 
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@
       <title>Ways of escaping from HTML</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
-1.  <? echo ("this is the simplest, an SGML processing instruction\n"); ?>
+1.  <?php echo("if you want to serve XHTML or XML documents, do like this\n"); ?>
+
+2.  <? echo ("this is the simplest, an SGML processing instruction\n"); ?>
     <?= expression ?> This is a shortcut for "<? echo expression ?>"
     
-2.  <?php echo("if you want to serve XHTML or XML documents, do like this\n"); ?>
-
 3.  <script language="php">
         echo ("some editors (like FrontPage) don't
               like processing instructions");
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@
     </para>
 
    <para>
-    The first way is only available if short tags have been
+    The first way is the generally preferred method, as it
+    allows for the the use of PHP in XML-conformant code such as
+    XHTML.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The second way is only available if short tags have been
     enabled. This can be done via the <function>short_tags</function>
     function (PHP 3 only), by enabling the <link
     linkend="ini.short-open-tag">short_open_tag</link> configuration
@@ -107,12 +113,6 @@
     --enable-short-tags option to <command>configure</command>.
    </para>
 
-   <para>
-    Again, the second way is the generally preferred method, as it
-    allows for the the use of PHP in XML-conformant code such as
-    XHTML.
-   </para>
-
    <para>
     The fourth way is only available if ASP-style tags have been
     enabled using the <link linkend="ini.asp-tags">asp_tags</link>