diff --git a/autocomplete.md b/autocomplete.md
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@@ -132,45 +132,6 @@ without `sources=openaddresses` you will find the most popular Pennsylvanias fir
 3) Pennsylvania, Satsuma, AL, USA
 ```
 
-### Layers
-
-The type of record is referred to as its `layer`. All records are indexed into the following layers:
-
-|layer|description|
-|----|----|
-|`venue`|points of interest, businesses, things with walls|
-|`address`|places with a street address|
-|`street`|streets,roads,highways|
-|`country`|places that issue passports, nations, nation-states|
-|`macroregion`|a related group of regions. Mostly in Europe|
-|`region`|states and provinces|
-|`macrocounty`|a related group of counties. Mostly in Europe.|
-|`county`|official governmental area; usually bigger than a locality, almost always smaller than a region|
-|`locality`|towns, hamlets, cities|
-|`localadmin`|local administrative boundaries|
-|`borough`| a local administrative boundary, currently only used for New York City|
-|`neighbourhood`|social communities, neighbourhoods|
-|`coarse`|alias for simultaneously using all administrative layers (everything except `venue` and `address`)|
-|`postalcode`|postal code used by mail services|
-
-> /v1/autocomplete?__layers=coarse__&text=starbuck
-
-with `layers=coarse` you will see only administrative areas with names containing Starbuck
-
-```
-1) Starbuckville, NY, USA
-2) Starbuck, MN, USA
-3) Starbuck, WA, USA
-```
-
-with `layers=venue` you will see only the venues by that name
-
-```
-1) Starbucks, Braunschweig, Germany
-2) Starbucks, Islip, NY, USA
-3) Starbucks, Austin, TX, USA
-```
-
 ### Search within a circular region
 
 ![Searching within a circle](/images/world_circle.png)
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+
+# Layers
+
+The type of record is referred to as its `layer`. All records are indexed into the following layers:
+
+|layer|description|
+|----|----|
+|`venue`|points of interest, businesses, things with walls|
+|`address`|places with a street address|
+|`street`|streets,roads,highways|
+|`country`|places that issue passports, nations, nation-states|
+|`macroregion`|a related group of regions. Mostly in Europe|
+|`region`|states and provinces|
+|`macrocounty`|a related group of counties. Mostly in Europe.|
+|`county`|official governmental area; usually bigger than a locality, almost always smaller than a region|
+|`locality`|towns, hamlets, cities|
+|`localadmin`|local administrative boundaries|
+|`borough`| a local administrative boundary, currently only used for New York City|
+|`neighbourhood`|social communities, neighbourhoods|
+|`coarse`|alias for simultaneously using all administrative layers (everything except `venue` and `address`)|
+|`postalcode`|postal code used by mail services|
+
+> /v1/autocomplete?__layers=coarse__&text=starbuck
+
+with `layers=coarse` you will see only administrative areas with names containing Starbuck
+
+```
+1) Starbuckville, NY, USA
+2) Starbuck, MN, USA
+3) Starbuck, WA, USA
+```
+
+with `layers=venue` you will see only the venues by that name
+
+```
+1) Starbucks, Braunschweig, Germany
+2) Starbucks, Islip, NY, USA
+3) Starbucks, Austin, TX, USA
+```