diff --git a/pep-0308.txt b/pep-0308.txt
index cafc2ea0e..8a97c1d80 100644
--- a/pep-0308.txt
+++ b/pep-0308.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Alternatives
 
     Holger Krekel proposed a new, minimally invasive variant:
 
-        <expression1> and <condition> else <expression2>
+        <condition> and <expression1> else <expression2>
 
     The concept behind it is that a nearly complete ternary operator
     already exists with and/or and this proposal is the least invasive
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Alternatives
 
     Christian Tismer proposed a variant of the same idea:
 
-        <expression1> then <condition> else <expression2>
+        <condition> then <expression1> else <expression2>
 
     ---