diff --git a/c/mapping/mapper_nest.c b/c/mapping/mapper_nest.c
index 550b53132..2e2ae8a78 100644
--- a/c/mapping/mapper_nest.c
+++ b/c/mapping/mapper_nest.c
@@ -82,20 +82,21 @@ static void mapper_nest_usage(FILE* o, char* argv0, char* verb) {
 	fprintf(o, "\n");
 	fprintf(o, "  %s %s --explode --values --across-fields -f x\n", argv0, verb);
 	fprintf(o, "  with input record \"x=a;b;c,y=d\" produces output records\n");
-	fprintf(o, "    \"y=d,x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c\"\n");
+	fprintf(o, "    \"x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c,y=d\"\n");
 	fprintf(o, "  Use --implode to do the reverse.\n");
 
 	fprintf(o, "\n");
 	fprintf(o, "  %s %s --explode --pairs --across-records -f x\n", argv0, verb);
 	fprintf(o, "  with input record \"x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d\" produces output records\n");
-	fprintf(o, "    \"y=d,a=1\"\n");
-	fprintf(o, "    \"y=d,b=2\"\n");
-	fprintf(o, "    \"y=d,c=3\"\n");
+	fprintf(o, "    \"a=1,y=d\"\n");
+	fprintf(o, "    \"b=2,y=d\"\n");
+	fprintf(o, "    \"c=3,y=d\"\n");
 
 	fprintf(o, "\n");
 	fprintf(o, "  %s %s --explode --pairs --across-fields -f x\n", argv0, verb);
 	fprintf(o, "  with input record \"x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d\" produces output records\n");
-	fprintf(o, "    \"y=d,a=a,b=2,c=3\"\n");
+	fprintf(o, "    \"a=1,b=2,c=3,y=d\"\n");
+
 	fprintf(o, "\n");
 	fprintf(o, "Notes:\n");
 	fprintf(o, "* With --pairs, --implode doesn't make sense since the original field name has\n");
diff --git a/c/reg_test/expected/out b/c/reg_test/expected/out
index 1db779065..61f3f126f 100644
--- a/c/reg_test/expected/out
+++ b/c/reg_test/expected/out
@@ -2978,10 +2978,10 @@ y=d:40,x=a:1;b:2;c:3
 y=d:70,x=a:4;b:5
 
 mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-fields -f x ./reg_test/input/nest-explode.dkvp
-y=d:40,a=1,b=2,c=3
+a=1,b=2,c=3,y=d:40
 y=d:50
 u=100,y=d:60
-y=d:70,a=4,b=5
+a=4,b=5,y=d:70
 
 mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-records -f x ./reg_test/input/nest-explode.dkvp
 a=1,y=d:40
diff --git a/doc/mlr.1 b/doc/mlr.1
index 0a50f9189..cbd06347f 100644
--- a/doc/mlr.1
+++ b/doc/mlr.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: mlr
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
 .\" Generator: ./mkman.rb
-.\"      Date: 2016-02-17
+.\"      Date: 2016-02-18
 .\"    Manual: \ \&
 .\"    Source: \ \&
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "MILLER" "1" "2016-02-17" "\ \&" "\ \&"
+.TH "MILLER" "1" "2016-02-18" "\ \&" "\ \&"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Portability definitions
 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -717,18 +717,18 @@ Examples:
 
   mlr nest --explode --values --across-fields -f x
   with input record "x=a;b;c,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c"
+    "x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c,y=d"
   Use --implode to do the reverse.
 
   mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-records -f x
   with input record "x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,a=1"
-    "y=d,b=2"
-    "y=d,c=3"
+    "a=1,y=d"
+    "b=2,y=d"
+    "c=3,y=d"
 
   mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-fields -f x
   with input record "x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,a=a,b=2,c=3"
+    "a=1,b=2,c=3,y=d"
 
 Notes:
 * With --pairs, --implode doesn't make sense since the original field name has
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index b53eac5e5..058abbf89 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -2119,18 +2119,18 @@ Examples:
 
   mlr nest --explode --values --across-fields -f x
   with input record "x=a;b;c,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c"
+    "x_1=a,x_2=b,x_3=c,y=d"
   Use --implode to do the reverse.
 
   mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-records -f x
   with input record "x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,a=1"
-    "y=d,b=2"
-    "y=d,c=3"
+    "a=1,y=d"
+    "b=2,y=d"
+    "c=3,y=d"
 
   mlr nest --explode --pairs --across-fields -f x
   with input record "x=a:1;b:2;c:3,y=d" produces output records
-    "y=d,a=a,b=2,c=3"
+    "a=1,b=2,c=3,y=d"
 
 Notes:
 * With --pairs, --implode doesn't make sense since the original field name has