diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1458ef18..d64bb2a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased: pdoc next
 
+- Fix incorrect ordering of `start-after`/`end-before` in RST include directives.
+  ([#876](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/876), @JohanKarlbergg)
 - Support Pydantic [`computed_field`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.0/usage/computed_fields/) descriptions ([#855](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/855), @avhz)
 
 ## 2025-10-27: pdoc 16.0.0
diff --git a/pdoc/docstrings.py b/pdoc/docstrings.py
index 9d45e209..4577c783 100644
--- a/pdoc/docstrings.py
+++ b/pdoc/docstrings.py
@@ -408,10 +408,10 @@ def _rst_include_trim(contents: str, options: dict[str, str]) -> str:
         if i := options.get("start-line"):
             lines = lines[int(i) :]
         contents = "\n".join(lines)
-    if x := options.get("end-before"):
-        contents = contents[: contents.index(x)]
     if x := options.get("start-after"):
         contents = contents[contents.index(x) + len(x) :]
+    if x := options.get("end-before"):
+        contents = contents[: contents.index(x)]
     return contents
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_docstrings.py b/test/test_docstrings.py
index 658d4d0d..c03ea860 100644
--- a/test/test_docstrings.py
+++ b/test/test_docstrings.py
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ def test_rst_include_trim_pattern():
     assert trimmed == "\ncharlie\ndelta\n"
 
 
+def test_rst_include_trim_start_after_applied_first():
+    content = 'alpha\n"""\nbeta\ncharlie\ndelta\n"""\necho'
+    trimmed = docstrings._rst_include_trim(
+        content, {"start-after": '"""\n', "end-before": '"""'}
+    )
+    assert trimmed == "beta\ncharlie\ndelta\n"
+
+
 def test_rst_include_trim_mixture():
     content = "alpha\nbeta\ncharlie\ndelta\necho"
     trimmed = docstrings._rst_include_trim(