diff --git a/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb b/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
index c53f02b4..e4c68bb4 100644
--- a/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
+++ b/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def format_file(lang)
       end
 
       def format_header(lang)
-        header = "<!--\n * Apple Stringsdict File\n * Generated by Twine #{Twine::VERSION}\n * Language: #{lang} -->\n"
-        header += "<\?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"\?>\n"
+        header = "<\?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"\?>\n"
         header += "<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">\n"
         header += "<plist version=\"1.0\">\n<dict>"
+        header += "<!--\n * Apple Stringsdict File\n * Generated by Twine #{Twine::VERSION}\n * Language: #{lang} -->\n"
       end
 
       def format_section_header(section)