diff --git a/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml b/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
index 99134b4e68..804bc115cb 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
       following commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -e "s;/\(s\|\)bin;/usr&amp;;g" -i Makefile &amp;&amp;
-patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-remove_dups-1.patch &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-remove_dups-1.patch &amp;&amp;
+sed -e "s;/\(s\|\)bin;/usr&amp;;g" -i Makefile &amp;&amp;
 sed -i '/#include &lt;netinet\/ip.h&gt;/d'  iptunnel.c &amp;&amp;
 
 yes "" | make config &amp;&amp;