diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
index 7cbf56506d..9c8171d049 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-E <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
+      <term><option>--encoding=<replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this
+        database. The character sets supported by the
+        <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server are described in
+        <xref linkend="multibyte-charset-supported">.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-l <replaceable class="parameter">locale</replaceable></></term>
       <term><option>--locale=<replaceable class="parameter">locale</replaceable></></term>
@@ -135,19 +148,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-E <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
-      <term><option>--encoding=<replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this
-        database. The character sets supported by the
-        <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server are described in
-        <xref linkend="multibyte-charset-supported">.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-O <replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></></term>
       <term><option>--owner=<replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></></term>