diff --git a/source/declarations.tex b/source/declarations.tex
index 341c1bc1f3..f4e36d58b3 100644
--- a/source/declarations.tex
+++ b/source/declarations.tex
@@ -1090,21 +1090,32 @@
 \indextext{specifier!\idxcode{inline}}
 
 \pnum
+\indextext{specifier!\idxcode{inline}}%
+\indextext{inline function}%
+\indextext{inline variable}%
 The \keyword{inline} specifier shall be applied only to the declaration
-of a variable or function.
+of a function or variable.
+The \keyword{inline} specifier shall not appear on a block scope declaration or
+on the declaration of a function parameter.
+If the \keyword{inline} specifier is used in a friend function declaration, that
+declaration shall be a definition or the function shall have previously
+been declared inline.
 
 \pnum
-\indextext{specifier!\idxcode{inline}}%
-\indextext{inline function}%
 A function declaration\iref{dcl.fct,class.mfct,class.friend}
 with an \keyword{inline} specifier declares an
-\defnadj{inline}{function}. The inline specifier indicates to
-the implementation that inline substitution of the function body at the
-point of call is to be preferred to the usual function call mechanism.
-An implementation is not required to perform this inline substitution at
-the point of call; however, even if this inline substitution is omitted,
-the other rules for inline functions specified in this subclause shall
-still be respected.
+\defnadj{inline}{function}.
+A variable declaration with an \keyword{inline} specifier declares an
+\defnadj{inline}{variable}.
+\begin{note}
+An inline function or variable
+with external or module linkage
+can be defined in multiple translation units\iref{basic.def.odr},
+but is one entity with one address.
+A type or \keyword{static} variable
+defined in the body of such a function
+is therefore a single entity.
+\end{note}
 \begin{note}
 The \keyword{inline} keyword has no effect on the linkage of a function.
 In certain cases, an inline function cannot use names with internal linkage;
@@ -1112,15 +1123,13 @@
 \end{note}
 
 \pnum
-A variable declaration with an \keyword{inline} specifier declares an
-\defnadj{inline}{variable}.
-
-\pnum
-The \keyword{inline} specifier shall not appear on a block scope declaration or
-on the declaration of a function parameter.
-If the \keyword{inline} specifier is used in a friend function declaration, that
-declaration shall be a definition or the function shall have previously
-been declared inline.
+The inline specifier indicates to
+the implementation that inline substitution of the function body at the
+point of call is to be preferred to the usual function call mechanism.
+An implementation is not required to perform this inline substitution at
+the point of call; however, even if this inline substitution is omitted,
+the other rules for inline functions specified in this subclause shall
+still be respected.
 
 \pnum
 If a definition of a function or variable is reachable
@@ -1136,17 +1145,6 @@
 before its definition becomes reachable in a translation unit.
 \end{note}
 
-\pnum
-\begin{note}
-An inline function or variable
-with external or module linkage
-can be defined in multiple translation units\iref{basic.def.odr},
-but is one entity with one address.
-A type or \keyword{static} variable
-defined in the body of such a function
-is therefore a single entity.
-\end{note}
-
 \pnum
 If an inline function or variable that is attached to a named module
 is declared in a definition domain,