diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a8dac6..699a4dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ the terms.
         webfont formats. Supported identifiers are <code>eot</code>,
         <code>woff</code>, <code>woff2</code>, <code>svg</code>, and
         <code>ttf</code>. Additionally, the special value <code>all</code>
-        expands to all supported formats. The default is <code>all</code>. Note
-        that you may not really need all formats. In most cases, WOFF is enough.
-        See http://caniuse.com/#search=woff for a current status.</dd>
+        expands to all supported formats in the order <code>woff2</code>,
+        <code>woff</code>, <code>eot</code>, <code>svg</code>,
+        <code>ttf</code>. The default is <code>all</code>. The generated CSS
+        file will contain the font formats in the given order, which browsers
+        will process in-order. Note that you probably do not need all formats.
+        In most cases, a combination of WOFF2 and WOFF is enough. See
+        http://caniuse.com/#search=woff for a current status.</dd>
     <dt><code>-h</code>, <code>--help</code></dt>
     <dd>Display this message and exit.</dd>
     <dt><code>-l LANGSPEC</code>, <code>--languages=LANGSPEC</code></dt>
diff --git a/google-font-download b/google-font-download
index e65a2be..bd3399f 100755
--- a/google-font-download
+++ b/google-font-download
@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ usage() {
 		    servers. FORMAT is a comma-separated list of identifiers for
 		    webfont formats. Supported identifiers are eot, woff, woff2,
 		    svg, and ttf. Additionally, the special value \`all' expands
-		    to all supported formats. The default is \`$format'. Note
-		    that you may not really need all formats. In most cases,
-		    WOFF is enough. See http://caniuse.com/#search=woff for
-		    a current status.
+		    to all supported formats in the order woff2, woff, eot, svg,
+		    ttf. The default is \`$format'. The generated CSS file will
+		    contain the font formats in the given order, which browsers
+		    will process in-order. Note that you probably do not need
+		    all formats. In most cases, a combination of WOFF2 and WOFF
+		    is enough. See http://caniuse.com/#search=woff for a current
+		    status.
 
 		  -h, --help
 		    Display this message and exit.
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ fi
 declare -a formats
 if [ "$format" = "all" ]; then
 	# Deal with the special "all" value
-	formats=("eot" "woff" "woff2" "svg" "ttf")
+	formats=("woff2" "woff" "eot" "svg" "ttf")
 else
 	IFS=', ' read -r -a formats <<< "$format"
 	for f in "${formats[@]}"; do