diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -523,9 +523,6 @@
           return obj
 
 
-.. function:: itemgetter(item)
-              itemgetter(*items)
-
    .. versionadded:: 2.4
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
@@ -535,6 +532,9 @@
       Added support for dotted attributes.
 
 
+.. function:: itemgetter(item)
+              itemgetter(*items)
+
    Return a callable object that fetches *item* from its operand using the
    operand's :meth:`__getitem__` method.  If multiple items are specified,
    returns a tuple of lookup values.  For example: