diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 5c4f9159066aca89c8fd9625140e060225e5b0db..b4a9c045cd467e167f947403e40a4ad44b1c9ddd 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-13  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
+
+	* elisp.texi (@dircategory): Move to after @copying,
+	since we want @copying as close as possible to the beginning of
+	the output.
+
 2007-10-06  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* text.texi (Filling): Document fill-paragraph-or-region.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
index 613bdbace38b09f2aa3c409b6a1483cc54f36079..f9d11a5dd1f942a671f9d15ca27fa97db24174f2 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
 @set VERSION  2.9
 @set EMACSVER 23.0.50
 
-@dircategory Emacs
-@direntry
-* Elisp: (elisp).       The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@end direntry
-
 @c in general, keep the following line commented out, unless doing a
 @c copy of this manual that will be published.  The manual should go
 @c onto the distribution in the full, 8.5 x 11" size.
@@ -67,6 +62,11 @@ developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 
+@dircategory Emacs
+@direntry
+* Elisp: (elisp).       The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
+@end direntry
+
 @titlepage
 @title GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
 @subtitle For Emacs Version @value{EMACSVER}