diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 37d8955f62..2f7415241e 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -608,20 +608,23 @@ proc getAllRunnableExamplesImpl(d: PDoc; n: PNode, dest: var Rope, state: Runnab
       return rsComment
   of nkCallKinds:
     if isRunnableExamples(n[0]) and
-        n.len >= 2 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList and state in {rsStart, rsComment, rsRunnable}:
-      let (rdoccmd, code) = prepareExample(d, n, topLevel)
-      var msg = "Example:"
-      if rdoccmd.len > 0: msg.add " cmd: " & rdoccmd
-      dispA(d.conf, dest, "\n<p><strong class=\"examples_text\">$1</strong></p>\n",
-          "\n\\textbf{$1}\n", [msg.rope])
-      inc d.listingCounter
-      let id = $d.listingCounter
-      dest.add(d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_start" % [id, "langNim", ""])
-      var dest2 = ""
-      renderNimCode(dest2, code, isLatex = d.conf.cmd == cmdRst2tex)
-      dest.add dest2
-      dest.add(d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_end" % id)
-      return rsRunnable
+        n.len >= 2 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList:
+      if state in {rsStart, rsComment, rsRunnable}:
+        let (rdoccmd, code) = prepareExample(d, n, topLevel)
+        var msg = "Example:"
+        if rdoccmd.len > 0: msg.add " cmd: " & rdoccmd
+        dispA(d.conf, dest, "\n<p><strong class=\"examples_text\">$1</strong></p>\n",
+            "\n\\textbf{$1}\n", [msg.rope])
+        inc d.listingCounter
+        let id = $d.listingCounter
+        dest.add(d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_start" % [id, "langNim", ""])
+        var dest2 = ""
+        renderNimCode(dest2, code, isLatex = d.conf.cmd == cmdRst2tex)
+        dest.add dest2
+        dest.add(d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_end" % id)
+        return rsRunnable
+      else:
+        localError(d.conf, n.info, errUser, "runnableExamples must appear before the first non-comment statement")
   else: discard
   return rsDone
     # change this to `rsStart` if you want to keep generating doc comments
@@ -671,7 +674,7 @@ proc getAllRunnableExamples(d: PDoc, n: PNode, dest: var Rope) =
     else:
       for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
         fn(n[i], topLevel = false)
-        if state == rsDone: return
+        if state == rsDone: discard # check all sons
   else: fn(n, topLevel = true)
 
 proc isVisible(d: PDoc; n: PNode): bool =
diff --git a/lib/experimental/diff.nim b/lib/experimental/diff.nim
index 1db8914409..3462a0fa45 100644
--- a/lib/experimental/diff.nim
+++ b/lib/experimental/diff.nim
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ proc diffInt*(arrayA, arrayB: openArray[int]): seq[Item] =
   var dataB = newDiffData(@arrayB, arrayB.len)
 
   let max = dataA.len + dataB.len + 1
-  ## vector for the (0,0) to (x,y) search
+  # vector for the (0,0) to (x,y) search
   var downVector = newSeq[int](2 * max + 2)
-  ## vector for the (u,v) to (N,M) search
+  # vector for the (u,v) to (N,M) search
   var upVector = newSeq[int](2 * max + 2)
 
   lcs(dataA, 0, dataA.len, dataB, 0, dataB.len, downVector, upVector)
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ proc diffText*(textA, textB: string): seq[Item] =
   h.clear # free up hashtable memory (maybe)
 
   let max = dataA.len + dataB.len + 1
-  ## vector for the (0,0) to (x,y) search
+  # vector for the (0,0) to (x,y) search
   var downVector = newSeq[int](2 * max + 2)
-  ## vector for the (u,v) to (N,M) search
+  # vector for the (u,v) to (N,M) search
   var upVector = newSeq[int](2 * max + 2)
 
   lcs(dataA, 0, dataA.len, dataB, 0, dataB.len, downVector, upVector)
diff --git a/lib/pure/coro.nim b/lib/pure/coro.nim
index af8acf268f..ccd9fba4d8 100644
--- a/lib/pure/coro.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/coro.nim
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ proc start*(c: proc(), stacksize: int = defaultStackSize): CoroutineRef {.discar
   return coro.reference
 
 proc run*() =
-  initialize()
   ## Starts main coroutine scheduler loop which exits when all coroutines exit.
   ## Calling this proc starts execution of first coroutine.
+  initialize()
   ctx.current = ctx.coroutines.head
   var minDelay: float = 0
   while ctx.current != nil:
diff --git a/lib/std/jsbigints.nim b/lib/std/jsbigints.nim
index ccf14080bf..96ba90649b 100644
--- a/lib/std/jsbigints.nim
+++ b/lib/std/jsbigints.nim
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ type JsBigInt* = distinct JsBigIntImpl         ## Arbitrary precision integer fo
 
 func big*(integer: SomeInteger): JsBigInt {.importjs: "BigInt(#)".} =
   ## Constructor for `JsBigInt`.
-  when nimvm: doAssert false, "JsBigInt can not be used at compile-time nor static context" else: discard
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert big(1234567890) == big"1234567890"
     doAssert 0b1111100111.big == 0o1747.big and 0o1747.big == 999.big
+  when nimvm: doAssert false, "JsBigInt can not be used at compile-time nor static context" else: discard
 
 func big*(integer: cstring): JsBigInt {.importjs: "BigInt(#)".} =
   ## Constructor for `JsBigInt`.
-  when nimvm: doAssert false, "JsBigInt can not be used at compile-time nor static context" else: discard
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert big"-1" == big"1" - big"2"
     # supports decimal, binary, octal, hex:
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ func big*(integer: cstring): JsBigInt {.importjs: "BigInt(#)".} =
     doAssert big"0o701" == 0o701.big
     doAssert big"0xdeadbeaf" == 0xdeadbeaf.big
     doAssert big"0xffffffffffffffff" == (1.big shl 64.big) - 1.big
+  when nimvm: doAssert false, "JsBigInt can not be used at compile-time nor static context" else: discard
 
 func toCstring*(this: JsBigInt; radix: 2..36): cstring {.importjs: "#.toString(#)".} =
   ## Converts from `JsBigInt` to `cstring` representation.
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/openssl.nim b/lib/wrappers/openssl.nim
index ec4740bab9..9c33386c52 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/openssl.nim
+++ b/lib/wrappers/openssl.nim
@@ -565,10 +565,9 @@ proc SSL_ctrl*(ssl: SslPtr, cmd: cint, larg: int, parg: pointer): int{.
   cdecl, dynlib: DLLSSLName, importc.}
 
 proc SSL_set_tlsext_host_name*(ssl: SslPtr, name: cstring): int =
-  result = SSL_ctrl(ssl, SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME, TLSEXT_NAMETYPE_host_name, name)
   ## Set the SNI server name extension to be used in a client hello.
   ## Returns 1 if SNI was set, 0 if current SSL configuration doesn't support SNI.
-
+  result = SSL_ctrl(ssl, SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME, TLSEXT_NAMETYPE_host_name, name)
 
 proc SSL_get_servername*(ssl: SslPtr, typ: cint = TLSEXT_NAMETYPE_host_name): cstring {.cdecl, dynlib: DLLSSLName, importc.}
   ## Retrieve the server name requested in the client hello. This can be used
diff --git a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
index ba1791d816..1ea9e172aa 100644
--- a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
+++ b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
@@ -1016,7 +1016,9 @@ cz15
 <p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
 <pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">discard</span><span class="Whitespace"> </span><span class="DecNumber">4</span></pre>ok5 ok5b
 <p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
-<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span><span class="Whitespace"> </span><span class="Identifier">true</span></pre>in or out?
+<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span><span class="Whitespace"> </span><span class="Identifier">true</span></pre>
+<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
+<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">discard</span><span class="Whitespace"> </span><span class="DecNumber">1</span></pre>in or out?
 
 </dd>
 <a id="testNimDocTrailingExample.t"></a>
diff --git a/nimdoc/testproject/testproject.nim b/nimdoc/testproject/testproject.nim
index 69edb0d235..6b82acb9bd 100644
--- a/nimdoc/testproject/testproject.nim
+++ b/nimdoc/testproject/testproject.nim
@@ -330,13 +330,11 @@ when true: # (most) templates
     ## ok5
     ## ok5b
     runnableExamples: assert true
+    runnableExamples: discard 1
 
     ## in or out?
-    # this is an edge case; a newline separate last runnableExamples from 
-    # next doc comment but AST isnt' aware of it; this could change in future
     discard 8
     ## out
-    runnableExamples: discard 1
 
 when true: # issue #14473
   import std/[sequtils]
diff --git a/tests/nimdoc/t17615.nim b/tests/nimdoc/t17615.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77ae35a159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nimdoc/t17615.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: "nim doc -r $file"
+  errormsg: "runnableExamples must appear before the first non-comment statement"
+  line: 10
+"""
+
+func fn*() =
+  ## foo
+  discard
+  runnableExamples:
+    assert true