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@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ The crates included as part of Tokio are:
 [`tokio-udp`]: tokio-udp
 [`tokio-uds`]: tokio-uds
 
-## License
-
-This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
-
 ## Supported Rust Versions
 
 Tokio is built against the latest stable, nightly, and beta Rust releases. The
@@ -179,6 +175,10 @@ current stable release version. For example, if the latest stable Rust is 1.29,
 the minimum version supported is 1.26. The current Tokio version is not
 guaranteed to build on Rust versions earlier than the minimum supported version.
 
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
+
 ### Contribution
 
 Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted