diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
index ab7393b62a8eb1..9fd57040816447 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ Example: copy an ASCII string into a buffer, one byte at a time:
 
     // Node.js
 
-Returns a boolean indicating whether `this` and `otherBuffer` have the same
-bytes.
-
 ### buf.compare(otherBuffer)
 
 * `otherBuffer` {Buffer}
@@ -267,6 +264,8 @@ region in the same buffer
 
 * `otherBuffer` {Buffer}
 
+Returns a boolean indicating whether `this` and `otherBuffer` have the same bytes.
+
 ### buf.fill(value[, offset][, end])
 
 * `value`