diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36f6e137..84b10ab1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ These are the named parameters with positions, listed in the order of their posi
     src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png"
     link="https://xkcd.com/149"
     caption="My caption"
-    alt="My alt"
-    title="My title" >}}
+    title="My title"
+    alt="My alt" >}}
 ```
 
 These are the rest of the named parameters:
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/paige/figure.html b/layouts/shortcodes/paige/figure.html
index 98d90b9e..03f7e2d1 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/paige/figure.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/paige/figure.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {{ with $link }}
     <a href="{{ . }}">
     {{ end }}
-    <img{{ with (.Get 3 | default (.Get `alt`)) }} alt="{{ . }}"{{ end }} class="figure-img img-fluid"{{ with .Get `height` }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }} src="{{ .Get 0 | default (.Get `src`) }}"{{ with (.Get 4 | default (.Get `title`)) }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with .Get `width` }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
+    <img{{ with (.Get 4 | default (.Get `alt`)) }} alt="{{ . }}"{{ end }} class="figure-img img-fluid"{{ with .Get `height` }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end }} src="{{ .Get 0 | default (.Get `src`) }}"{{ with (.Get 3 | default (.Get `title`)) }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with .Get `width` }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
     {{ if $link }}
     </a>
     {{ end }}