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diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index e8101c7..f65e9c2 100644
--- a/manual/stdio.texi
+++ b/manual/stdio.texi
@@ -312,6 +312,58 @@ bits machine this function is available under the name @code{freopen}
and so transparently replaces the old interface.
@end deftypefun
+In some situations it is useful to know whether a given stream is
+available for reading or writing. This information is normally not
+available and would have to be remembered separately. Solaris
+introduced a few functions to get this information from the stream
+descriptor and these functions are also available in the GNU C library.
+
+@comment stdio_ext.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int __freadable (FILE *@var{stream})
+The @code{__freadable} function determines whether the stream
+@var{stream} was opened to allow reading. In this case the return value
+is nonzero. For write-only streams the function returns zero.
+
+This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@comment stdio_ext.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int __fwritable (FILE *@var{stream})
+The @code{__fwritable} function determines whether the stream
+@var{stream} was opened to allow writing. In this case the return value
+is nonzero. For read-only streams the function returns zero.
+
+This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
+@end deftypefun
+
+For slightly different kind of problems there are two more functions.
+They provide even finer-grained information.
+
+@comment stdio_ext.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int __freading (FILE *@var{stream})
+The @code{__freading} function determines whether the stream
+@var{stream} was last read from or whether it is opened read-only. In
+this case the return value is nonzero, otherwise it is zero.
+Determining whether a stream opened for reading and writing was last
+used for writing allows to draw conclusions about the content about the
+buffer, among other things.
+
+This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@comment stdio_ext.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int __fwriting (FILE *@var{stream})
+The @code{__fwriting} function determines whether the stream
+@var{stream} was last written to or whether it is opened write-only. In
+this case the return value is nonzero, otherwise it is zero.
+
+This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
+@end deftypefun
+
@node Closing Streams
@section Closing Streams
@@ -370,58 +422,6 @@ might not be closed properly. Buffered output might not be flushed and
files may be incomplete. For more information on buffering of streams,
see @ref{Stream Buffering}.
-In some situations it is useful to know whether a given stream is
-available for reading or writing. This information is normally not
-available and would have to be remembered separately. Solaris
-introduced a few functions to get this information from the stream
-descriptor and these functions are also available in the GNU C library.
-
-@comment stdio_ext.h
-@comment GNU
-@deftypefun int __freadable (FILE *@var{stream})
-The @code{__freadable} function determines whether the stream
-@var{stream} was opened to allow reading. In this case the return value
-is nonzero. For write-only streams the function returns zero.
-
-This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
-@end deftypefun
-
-@comment stdio_ext.h
-@comment GNU
-@deftypefun int __fwritable (FILE *@var{stream})
-The @code{__fwritable} function determines whether the stream
-@var{stream} was opened to allow writing. In this case the return value
-is nonzero. For read-only streams the function returns zero.
-
-This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
-@end deftypefun
-
-For slightly different kind of problems there are two more functions.
-They provide even finer-grained information.
-
-@comment stdio_ext.h
-@comment GNU
-@deftypefun int __freading (FILE *@var{stream})
-The @code{__freading} function determines whether the stream
-@var{stream} was last read from or whether it is opened read-only. In
-this case the return value is nonzero, otherwise it is zero.
-Determining whether a stream opened for reading and writing was last
-used for writing allows to draw conclusions about the content about the
-buffer, among other things.
-
-This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
-@end deftypefun
-
-@comment stdio_ext.h
-@comment GNU
-@deftypefun int __fwriting (FILE *@var{stream})
-The @code{__fwriting} function determines whether the stream
-@var{stream} was last written to or whether it is opened write-only. In
-this case the return value is nonzero, otherwise it is zero.
-
-This function is declared in @file{stdio_ext.h}.
-@end deftypefun
-
@node Streams and Threads
@section Streams and Threads