diff --git a/lib/geocoder/orms/active_record.rb b/lib/geocoder/orms/active_record.rb
index 11af243d55211329535fe7a900fdfdfa6d16dd7b..908dca1d4c171d34a8f4b70c8fed016e888c0267 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/orms/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/orms/active_record.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ module Geocoder::Orm
     #
     module ClassMethods
 
+      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
       ##
       # Get options hash suitable for passing to ActiveRecord.find to get
       # records within a radius (in miles) of the given point.
@@ -75,9 +77,6 @@ module Geocoder::Orm
         end
       end
 
-
-      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
       ##
       # Scope options hash for use with a database that supports POWER(),
       # SQRT(), PI(), and trigonometric functions SIN(), COS(), ASIN(),