diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst
index 6492887..682820b 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,27 @@
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.3
 
+        Sign data which can be verified later by others using the public key.
+
+        .. doctest::
+
+            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa, padding
+            >>> private_key = rsa.RSAPrivateKey.generate(
+            ...     public_exponent=65537,
+            ...     key_size=2048,
+            ...     backend=default_backend()
+            ... )
+            >>> signer = private_key.signer(
+            ...     padding.PKCS1v15(),
+            ...     hashes.SHA256(),
+            ...     default_backend()
+            ... )
+            >>> signer.update(b"this is some data I'd like")
+            >>> signer.update(b" to sign")
+            >>> signature = signer.finalize()
+
         :param padding: An instance of a
             :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.AsymmetricPadding`
             provider.
@@ -69,21 +90,6 @@
         :returns:
             :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.AsymmetricSignatureContext`
 
-        .. doctest::
-
-            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
-            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
-            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa, padding
-            >>> private_key = rsa.RSAPrivateKey.generate(
-            ...     public_exponent=65537,
-            ...     key_size=2048,
-            ...     backend=default_backend()
-            ... )
-            >>> signer = private_key.signer(padding.PKCS1v15(), hashes.SHA256(), default_backend())
-            >>> signer.update(b"this is some data I'd like")
-            >>> signer.update(b" to sign")
-            >>> signature = signer.finalize()
-
 
 .. class:: RSAPublicKey(public_exponent, modulus)