diff --git a/general/prog/subversion.xml b/general/prog/subversion.xml
index 519f61b0d5..c88ca9cacc 100644
--- a/general/prog/subversion.xml
+++ b/general/prog/subversion.xml
@@ -237,20 +237,6 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       <filename>update_tests.py</filename> suites are known to fail.
     </para>
 
-    <para>
-      To test the results of the Java bindings build,
-      issue <command>LANG=C make check-javahl</command>.
-      <!-- ~~ This explanation is added to the configure above ~~
-      The <application>JUnit</application> testing framework must be installed,
-      and the location of the JUnit jar has to be specified by passing the
-      <option>- -with-junit=&lt;path to junit jar&gt;</option> parameter to
-      <command>configure</command>. Note that <application>JUnit</application>
-      is included in <xref linkend="apache-ant"/>, and can be accessed by
-      passing <option>- -with-junit=/opt/ant/lib/junit-4.12.jar</option>
-      to <command>configure</command>.
-      -->
-    </para>
-
     <para>
       To test the results of any of the <application>SWIG</application>
       bindings, you can use any of the following commands:
@@ -291,6 +277,21 @@ cp      -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/subversion-&subversion-version;</userinput></
 <command>make install-swig-rb</command></screen>
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+      The java bindings need to be installed in order for the tests to run,
+      since the tests attempt to look for them in CLASSPATH. To test the
+      results of the Java bindings build, issue
+      <command>LANG=C make check-javahl</command>.
+      <!-- ~~ This explanation is added to the configure above ~~
+      The <application>JUnit</application> testing framework must be installed,
+      and the location of the JUnit jar has to be specified by passing the
+      <option>- -with-junit=&lt;path to junit jar&gt;</option> parameter to
+      <command>configure</command>. Note that <application>JUnit</application>
+      is included in <xref linkend="apache-ant"/>, and can be accessed by
+      passing <option>- -with-junit=/opt/ant/lib/junit-4.12.jar</option>
+      to <command>configure</command>.
+      -->
+    </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="commands">