diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 3961dc99..ac761565 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ Incoming Request Data
       ============= ======================================================
       `path`        ``/page.html``
       `script_root` ``/myapplication``
-      `url`         ``http://www.example.com/myapplication/page.html``
-      `base_url`    ``http://www.example.com/myapplication/page.html?x=y``
+      `base_url`    ``http://www.example.com/myapplication/page.html``
+      `url`         ``http://www.example.com/myapplication/page.html?x=y``
       `url_root`    ``http://www.example.com/myapplication/``
       ============= ======================================================