diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b752aff..f139568 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 .#*
 \#*#
 
+# autoconf cache
+/autom4te.cache/
+
 # configure/build outputs
 /config.cache
 /config.log
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@
 /po/*.2po
 /po/remove-potcdate.sed
 
-# objects and dependency dirs
+# object files and dependency dirs
 *.o
 .deps/
 .dirstamp
@@ -54,6 +57,3 @@
 /ipx-utils-*.tar.bz2
 /ipx-utils-*.zip
 /ipx-utils-*/
-
-# autoconf cache
-/autom4te.cache/