diff --git a/sphinx/search/jssplitter.py b/sphinx/search/jssplitter.py
index a3bd8b767..9dc0ca6e7 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/jssplitter.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/jssplitter.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-
-"""# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
     sphinx.search.jssplitter
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
     Provides Python compatible word splitter to JavaScript
 
+    DO NOT EDIT. This is generated by utils/jssplitter_generator.py
+
     :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-
-    DO NOT EDIT. This is generated by utils/jssplitter_generator.py
 """
 
 splitter_code = """
diff --git a/utils/jssplitter_generator.py b/utils/jssplitter_generator.py
index 6eef86cc3..e236f00d0 100644
--- a/utils/jssplitter_generator.py
+++ b/utils/jssplitter_generator.py
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ console.log('   ... ok\\n')
 
 ''' % js_src
 
-python_src = '''
-"""# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+python_src = '''# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
     sphinx.search.jssplitter
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
     Provides Python compatible word splitter to JavaScript
 
+    DO NOT EDIT. This is generated by utils/jssplitter_generator.py
+
     :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-
-    DO NOT EDIT. This is generated by utils/jssplitter_generator.py
 """
 
 splitter_code = """