diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ArchiveCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ArchiveCommand.java
index ff5b0d0cd..ad1daebd4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ArchiveCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ArchiveCommand.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 	 *	ArchiveOutputStream out = format.createArchiveOutputStream(System.out);
 	 *	try {
 	 *		for (...) {
-	 *			format.putEntry(path, mode, repo.open(objectId), out);
+	 *			format.putEntry(out, path, mode, repo.open(objectId));
 	 *		}
 	 *	} finally {
 	 *		out.close();
@@ -114,9 +114,8 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 	 */
 	public static interface Format {
 		ArchiveOutputStream createArchiveOutputStream(OutputStream s);
-		void putEntry(String path, FileMode mode, //
-				ObjectLoader loader, ArchiveOutputStream out) //
-				throws IOException;
+		void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out, String path, FileMode mode,
+				ObjectLoader loader) throws IOException;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 						continue;
 
 					walk.getObjectId(idBuf, 0);
-					fmt.putEntry(name, mode, reader.open(idBuf), outa);
+					fmt.putEntry(outa, name, mode, reader.open(idBuf));
 				}
 			} finally {
 				outa.close();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/TarFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/TarFormat.java
index c27fb350b..a0bbd5240 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/TarFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/TarFormat.java
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ class TarFormat implements ArchiveCommand.Format {
 		return new TarArchiveOutputStream(s);
 	}
 
-	public void putEntry(String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader,
-				ArchiveOutputStream out) throws IOException {
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
 		if (mode == FileMode.SYMLINK) {
 			final TarArchiveEntry entry = new TarArchiveEntry(
 					path, TarConstants.LF_SYMLINK);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ZipFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ZipFormat.java
index d08428f54..a85ae3bfa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ZipFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/archive/ZipFormat.java
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ class ZipFormat implements ArchiveCommand.Format {
 		return new ZipArchiveOutputStream(s);
 	}
 
-	public void putEntry(String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader,
-				ArchiveOutputStream out) throws IOException {
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
 		final ZipArchiveEntry entry = new ZipArchiveEntry(path);
 
 		if (mode == FileMode.REGULAR_FILE) {