diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 3fa8b32ff00..bde7b6e9008 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ contexts::
         e.maps[-1]            # Root context -- like Python's globals()
         e.parents             # Enclosing context chain -- like Python's nonlocals
 
-        d['x']                # Get first key in the chain of contexts
         d['x'] = 1            # Set value in current context
+        d['x']                # Get first key in the chain of contexts
         del d['x']            # Delete from current context
         list(d)               # All nested values
         k in d                # Check all nested values