diff --git a/example/getting_started1.cpp b/example/getting_started1.cpp
index 697bf071..09d68103 100644
--- a/example/getting_started1.cpp
+++ b/example/getting_started1.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
+#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
@@ -11,8 +13,6 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
   int square(int number) { return number * number; }
 }
 
-#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
-#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
 namespace python = boost::python;
 
 // Python requires an exported function called init<module-name> in every
diff --git a/example/getting_started2.cpp b/example/getting_started2.cpp
index 6c01240d..ee8af32e 100644
--- a/example/getting_started2.cpp
+++ b/example/getting_started2.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 // Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
+#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -23,10 +26,6 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
   }
 }
 
-#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
-#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
-#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
-
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(getting_started2)
 {
     using namespace boost::python;