diff --git a/emacs/rstdoc.el b/emacs/rstdoc.el
index 41390bbe..63fa2794 100644
--- a/emacs/rstdoc.el
+++ b/emacs/rstdoc.el
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(provide 'rstdoc)
-
 (defun rstdoc-batch-extract ()
   "Extract docstrings to and from the files on the command line."
   (apply #'rstdoc-extract command-line-args-left))
@@ -82,4 +80,6 @@
 	(replace-match (cdr pair))))
     (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))
 
+(provide 'rstdoc)
+
 ;;; rstdoc.el ends here