diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 33afb489e..9bea7352e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ grub2 (2.00-16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Make reportbug script file robust against su authentication failures and
     missing LVM commands.
+  * Backport from upstream:
+    - Move @itemize after @subsection to satisfy texinfo-5.1.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:12:54 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 774634b4e..d8144937d 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ install_bios_setup_path.patch
 os_prober_efi.patch
 acpihalt_improvements.patch
 script_check_no_commands.patch
+texinfo_ordering.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/texinfo_ordering.patch b/debian/patches/texinfo_ordering.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd546040f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/texinfo_ordering.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Description: Move @itemize after @subsection to satisfy texinfo-5.1
+Author: Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
+Origin: upstream, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/grub/grub2-bzr/revision/4813
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Applied-Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/grub/grub2-bzr/revision/4813
+Last-Update: 2013-08-11
+
+Index: b/docs/grub-dev.texi
+===================================================================
+--- a/docs/grub-dev.texi
++++ b/docs/grub-dev.texi
+@@ -1394,8 +1394,8 @@
+ 
+ @node Bitmap API
+ @section Bitmap API
+-@itemize
+ @subsection grub_video_bitmap_create
++@itemize
+ @item Prototype:
+ @example
+ grub_err_t grub_video_bitmap_create (struct grub_video_bitmap **bitmap, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, enum grub_video_blit_format blit_format)
diff --git a/docs/grub-dev.texi b/docs/grub-dev.texi
index a4a38206e..f74c96602 100644
--- a/docs/grub-dev.texi
+++ b/docs/grub-dev.texi
@@ -1394,8 +1394,8 @@ grub_video_blit_glyph (&glyph, color, 0, 0);
 
 @node Bitmap API
 @section Bitmap API
-@itemize
 @subsection grub_video_bitmap_create
+@itemize
 @item Prototype:
 @example
 grub_err_t grub_video_bitmap_create (struct grub_video_bitmap **bitmap, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, enum grub_video_blit_format blit_format)