Comment by xtiansimon

I share your reactions, with the exception that examples first or last seems irrelevant when using a man page—Sometimes it’s better first because you simply need a reminder how to use the command, and other times you need to read more of the description to catch the warnings before you use the command for the first or infrequent time. But if you follow the General best practice to read the whole of some documentation before you use a command, then this too seems irrelevant.

That said, if you’re writing, reviewing, and editing documentation, the traditional structure is hierarchical and consistent—-which is good.