diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 02780072a981..0b66e034b0c3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ libpng 1.2 (or later)
 `pytz`
     Used to manipulate time-zone aware datetimes.
 
+:term:`freetype` 2.3 or later
+    library for reading true type font files.
 
 
 Optional GUI framework
@@ -245,10 +247,6 @@ Optional dependencies
     selection of image file formats.
 
 
-:term:`freetype` 2.3 or later
-    library for reading true type font files.
-
-
 Required libraries that ship with matplotlib
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 :term:`agg` 2.4