diff --git a/src/tools/pginclude/README b/src/tools/pginclude/README
index ea84a4bae3..93b8f2777d 100644
--- a/src/tools/pginclude/README
+++ b/src/tools/pginclude/README
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-These utilities help clean up #include file usage:
+These utilities help clean up #include file usage.  They should be run
+in this order so that the include files have the proper includes before
+the C files are tested.
 
 pgfixinclude	change #include's to <> or ""
 
-pgrminclude [-v]
-		remove extra #include's
-
 pgcompinclude [-v]
 		report which #include files can not compile on their own
 
+pgrminclude [-v]
+		remove extra #include's
+
 pgdefine	create macro calls for all defines in the file (used by
 		the above routines)