diff --git a/doc/api/string_decoder.markdown b/doc/api/string_decoder.markdown
index 4189923b9733c4..885af7745a23a0 100644
--- a/doc/api/string_decoder.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/string_decoder.markdown
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ additional support for utf8.
 
 Accepts a single argument, `encoding` which defaults to `utf8`.
 
-### decoder.write(buffer)
-
-Returns a decoded string.
-
 ### decoder.end()
 
 Returns any trailing bytes that were left in the buffer.
+
+### decoder.write(buffer)
+
+Returns a decoded string.