diff --git a/docs/source/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/source/advanced_usage.rst
index 1312d9d15..2a653ae1f 100644
--- a/docs/source/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/source/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ method.
 
     # Declare our memory spaces
     branching_prog = Program()
-    test_register = branching_prog.declare('test_register', 'BIT')
     ro = branching_prog.declare('ro', 'BIT')
+    test_register = branching_prog.declare('test_register', 'BIT')
 
     # Construct each branch of our if-statement. We can have empty branches
     # simply by having empty programs.
diff --git a/test/unit/__snapshots__/test_quil.ambr b/test/unit/__snapshots__/test_quil.ambr
index a0ea5ad94..c1cea031b 100644
--- a/test/unit/__snapshots__/test_quil.ambr
+++ b/test/unit/__snapshots__/test_quil.ambr
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
   
   '''
 # ---
+# name: test_classical_regs
+  '''
+  DECLARE reg BIT[2]
+  DECLARE ro BIT[2]
+  X 0
+  MEASURE 0 reg[1]
+  
+  '''
+# ---
 # name: test_construction_syntax
   '''
   DECLARE ro BIT[2]
@@ -338,13 +347,13 @@
 # ---
 # name: test_prog_merge.1
   '''
-  DEFGATE PERM AS PERMUTATION:
-  	0, 1, 3, 2
-  
   DEFGATE test AS MATRIX:
   	1, 0
   	0, 1
   
+  DEFGATE PERM AS PERMUTATION:
+  	0, 1, 3, 2
+  
   X 0
   test 0
   PERM 0 1
diff --git a/test/unit/test_quil.py b/test/unit/test_quil.py
index 482a52e2f..da19fb9fb 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_quil.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_quil.py
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@ def test_prog_init(snapshot):
     assert p.out() == snapshot
 
 
-def test_classical_regs():
+def test_classical_regs(snapshot: SnapshotAssertion):
     p = Program()
     p.inst(
-        Declare("ro", "BIT", 2),
         Declare("reg", "BIT", 2),
+        Declare("ro", "BIT", 2),
         X(0),
     ).measure(0, MemoryReference("reg", 1))
-    assert p.out() == "DECLARE reg BIT[2]\nDECLARE ro BIT[2]\nX 0\nMEASURE 0 reg[1]\n"
+    assert p.out() == snapshot
     assert p.declarations == {
         "reg": Declare("reg", "BIT", 2),
         "ro": Declare("ro", "BIT", 2),
diff --git a/test/unit/test_rewrite_arithmetic.py b/test/unit/test_rewrite_arithmetic.py
index 896428a59..0e803c410 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_rewrite_arithmetic.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_rewrite_arithmetic.py
@@ -58,14 +58,13 @@ def test_rewrite_arithmetic_mixed():
         ParameterAref(index=1, name="__P2"): "(beta[0] + theta[0])/(2*pi)",
     }
     assert (
-        response.quil
-        == Program(
+        Program(response.quil) == Program(
             "DECLARE __P2 REAL[2]",
             "DECLARE theta REAL[1]",
             "DECLARE beta REAL[1]",
             "RZ(__P2[0]) 0",
             "RZ(__P2[1]) 0",
-        ).out()
+        )
     )