diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index c9ad7fcd49669b0dff481d9ab857bf70d8a51bca..b7e57a407c351e6e39cd86884f64cee7d582b4f1 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void string_list_clear_func(struct string_list *list, string_list_clear_func_t c
 }
 
 
-void print_string_list(const char *text, const struct string_list *p)
+void print_string_list(const struct string_list *p, const char *text)
 {
 	int i;
 	if ( text )
diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index 63b69c8d75ee33120a65a23598ddf93e84831bdd..de29dcd96eae97a5d032b669b67e6715580fea12 100644
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct string_list
 	unsigned int strdup_strings:1;
 };
 
-void print_string_list(const char *text, const struct string_list *p);
+void print_string_list(const struct string_list *p, const char *text);
 void string_list_clear(struct string_list *list, int free_util);
 
 /* Use this function to call a custom clear function on each util pointer */