diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dfd2c5..bda7dfb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Combine predicates into new ones, plus a bunch of predicates on strings.
     (integer? "-123213")
     (web-url "http://foo.bar/somewhere")
     (hex? "deadb33f")
-    (length? "bla" 3)
-    (length? "bla" 2 4)
+    (length? 3 "bla")
+    (length? 2 4 "bla)
    
     ((every-p?
       natural
-      #(length % 2 3))
+      (partial length 2 3))
      "123")
       
 ## License
diff --git a/src/pretzel/strings.clj b/src/pretzel/strings.clj
index 681bf0b..7fc552d 100644
--- a/src/pretzel/strings.clj
+++ b/src/pretzel/strings.clj
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 (defn length?
   "true if length of string s is len or within the range [min ... max]"
-  ([^String s len]
+  ([^String len s]
      (= (.length s) len))
-  ([^String s min max]
+  ([^String min max s]
      (<= min (.length s) max)))
 
 (defn natural?