diff --git a/docs/reference/pip_install.rst b/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
index fb389f5b9..2e672ea68 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
@@ -339,6 +339,46 @@ To have the dependency located from a local directory and not crawl PyPI, add th
   find_links = file:///path/to/local/archives
 
 
+Build System Interface
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+In order for pip to install a package from source, ``setup.py`` must implement
+the following commands::
+
+    setup.py egg_info [--egg-base XXX]
+    setup.py install --record XXX [--single-version-externally-managed] [--root XXX] [--compile|--no-compile] [--install-headers XXX]
+
+The ``egg_info`` command should create egg metadata for the package, as
+described in the setuptools documentation at
+http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#egg-info-create-egg-metadata-and-set-build-tags
+
+The ``install`` command should implement the complete process of installing the
+package to the target directory XXX.
+
+To install a package in "editable" mode (``pip install -e``), ``setup.py`` must
+implement the following command::
+
+    setup.py develop --no-deps
+
+This should implement the complete process of installing the package in
+"editable" mode.
+
+One further ``setup.py`` command is invoked by ``pip install``::
+
+    setup.py clean
+
+This command is invoked to clean up temporary commands from the build. (TODO:
+Investigate in more detail when this command is required).
+
+No other build system commands are invoked by the ``pip install`` command.
+
+Installing a package from a wheel does not invoke the build system at all.
+
+.. _PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/
+.. _setuptools extras: http://packages.python.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#declaring-extras-optional-features-with-their-own-dependencies
+
+
+
 .. _`pip install Options`:
 
 Options
@@ -436,40 +476,3 @@ Examples
   $ pip install --pre SomePackage
 
 
-Build System Interface
-**********************
-
-In order for pip to install a package from source, ``setup.py`` must implement
-the following commands::
-
-    setup.py egg_info [--egg-base XXX]
-    setup.py install --record XXX [--single-version-externally-managed] [--root XXX] [--compile|--no-compile] [--install-headers XXX]
-
-The ``egg_info`` command should create egg metadata for the package, as
-described in the setuptools documentation at
-http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#egg-info-create-egg-metadata-and-set-build-tags
-
-The ``install`` command should implement the complete process of installing the
-package to the target directory XXX.
-
-To install a package in "editable" mode (``pip install -e``), ``setup.py`` must
-implement the following command::
-
-    setup.py develop --no-deps
-
-This should implement the complete process of installing the package in
-"editable" mode.
-
-One further ``setup.py`` command is invoked by ``pip install``::
-
-    setup.py clean
-
-This command is invoked to clean up temporary commands from the build. (TODO:
-Investigate in more detail when this command is required).
-
-No other build system commands are invoked by the ``pip install`` command.
-
-Installing a package from a wheel does not invoke the build system at all.
-
-.. _PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/
-.. _setuptools extras: http://packages.python.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#declaring-extras-optional-features-with-their-own-dependencies
diff --git a/docs/reference/pip_wheel.rst b/docs/reference/pip_wheel.rst
index 5e99e4cd4..2559fd6fc 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pip_wheel.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/pip_wheel.rst
@@ -18,27 +18,8 @@ Description
 .. pip-command-description:: wheel
 
 
-Options
-*******
-
-.. pip-command-options:: wheel
-
-.. pip-index-options::
-
-
-Examples
-********
-
-1. Build wheels for a requirement (and all its dependencies), and then install
-
-  ::
-
-    $ pip wheel --wheel-dir=/tmp/wheelhouse SomePackage
-    $ pip install --no-index --find-links=/tmp/wheelhouse SomePackage
-
-
 Build System Interface
-**********************
+++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 In order for pip to build a wheel, ``setup.py`` must implement the
 ``bdist_wheel`` command with the following syntax::
@@ -70,3 +51,25 @@ which passes a preprocessor symbol to the extension build.
 
 Such usage is considered highly build-system specific and more an accident of
 the current implementation than a supported interface.
+
+
+
+Options
+*******
+
+.. pip-command-options:: wheel
+
+.. pip-index-options::
+
+
+Examples
+********
+
+1. Build wheels for a requirement (and all its dependencies), and then install
+
+  ::
+
+    $ pip wheel --wheel-dir=/tmp/wheelhouse SomePackage
+    $ pip install --no-index --find-links=/tmp/wheelhouse SomePackage
+
+