diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
index 264926f292b5..b8f8cf58a27b 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@ writeOpenXML opts (Pandoc meta blocks) = do
               , mknode "w:r" []
                 [ mknode "w:rPr" []
                   [ mknode "w:rStyle" [("w:val", "CommentReference")] ()
-                  , mknode "w:annotationRef" [] ()
                   ]
+                  , mknode "w:annotationRef" [] ()
                 ]
               ] ++ annotation
             ]
diff --git a/test/docx/golden/comments.docx b/test/docx/golden/comments.docx
index 202cbe2e40dd..341a5dba0464 100644
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diff --git a/test/docx/golden/track_changes_scrubbed_metadata.docx b/test/docx/golden/track_changes_scrubbed_metadata.docx
index 19b3edfefbed..68eda70b7e97 100644
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