diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
index fcfa899929..3cae784dcc 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ The formset ``clean`` method is called after all the ``Form.clean`` methods
 have been called. The errors will be found using the ``non_form_errors()``
 method on the formset.
 
-.. _validate_max:
-
 Validating the number of forms in a formset
 ===========================================
 
@@ -305,6 +303,8 @@ Django provides a couple ways to validate the minimum or maximum number of
 submitted forms. Applications which need more customizable validation of the
 number of forms should use custom formset validation.
 
+.. _validate_max:
+
 ``validate_max``
 ----------------