diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
index b0b05c945..45f312134 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
@@ -990,6 +990,18 @@ public void setIgnoredMatcher(Matcher ignored) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the character to ignore.
+     * <p>
+     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is
+     * within a quoted region.
+     *
+     * @param ignored  the ignored character to use
+     */
+    public void setIgnoredChar(char ignored) {
+        setIgnoredMatcher(new CharMatcher(ignored));
+    }
+
     // Trimmer
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
@@ -1016,18 +1028,6 @@ public void setTrimmerMatcher(Matcher trimmer) {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set the character to ignore.
-     * <p>
-     * This character is ignored when parsing the String, unless it is
-     * within a quoted region.
-     *
-     * @param ignored  the ignored character to use
-     */
-    public void setIgnoredChar(char ignored) {
-        setIgnoredMatcher(new CharMatcher(ignored));
-    }
-
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Gets whether the tokenizer currently returns empty tokens as null.