diff --git a/docs/user-guide/styling-your-docs.md b/docs/user-guide/styling-your-docs.md
index ffb8e08e..3c493d95 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/styling-your-docs.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/styling-your-docs.md
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ following blocks:
 * `site_meta`: Contains meta tags in the document head.
 * `htmltitle`: Contains the page title in the document head.
 * `styles`: Contains the link tags for stylesheets.
-* `scripts`: Contains the JavaScript libraries included in the page.
+* `libs`: Contains the JavaScript libraries (jQuery, etc) included in the page header.
+* `scripts`: Contains JavaScript scripts which should execute after a page loads.
 * `analytics`: Contains the analytics script.
 * `extrahead`: An empty block in the `<head>` to insert custom tags/scripts/etc.
 * `site_name`: Contains the site name in the navigation bar.
diff --git a/mkdocs/themes/mkdocs/base.html b/mkdocs/themes/mkdocs/base.html
index 843c3329..d99e7434 100644
--- a/mkdocs/themes/mkdocs/base.html
+++ b/mkdocs/themes/mkdocs/base.html
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@
         {%- endfor %}
       {%- endblock %}
 
+      {%- block libs %}
         <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
         <!--[if lt IE 9]>
             <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
             <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/respond.min.js"></script>
         <![endif]-->
+	
+	<script src="{{ base_url }}/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/bootstrap-3.0.3.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/highlight.pack.js"></script>
+      {%- endblock %}
 
       {%- block analytics %}
         {%- if google_analytics %}
@@ -71,9 +77,6 @@
         </footer>
 
       {%- block scripts %}
-        <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
-        <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/bootstrap-3.0.3.min.js"></script>
-        <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/highlight.pack.js"></script>
         <script>var base_url = '{{ base_url }}';</script>
         <script data-main="{{ base_url }}/mkdocs/js/search.js" src="{{ base_url }}/mkdocs/js/require.js"></script>
         <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/base.js"></script>
diff --git a/mkdocs/themes/readthedocs/base.html b/mkdocs/themes/readthedocs/base.html
index 1d620a4f..600958f0 100644
--- a/mkdocs/themes/readthedocs/base.html
+++ b/mkdocs/themes/readthedocs/base.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   {%- endfor %}
   {%- endblock %}
 
-  {%- block scripts %}
+  {%- block libs %}
   {% if page %}
   <script>
     // Current page data
@@ -39,15 +39,10 @@
   <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
   <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/modernizr-2.8.3.min.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ base_url }}/js/highlight.pack.js"></script>
-  <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/theme.js"></script>
   {%- endblock %}
 
   {%- block extrahead %} {% endblock %}
 
-  {%- for path in extra_javascript %}
-  <script src="{{ path }}"></script>
-  {%- endfor %}
-
   {%- block analytics %}
   {% if google_analytics %}
   <script>
@@ -119,7 +114,14 @@
     
   </div>
 
-{% include "versions.html" %}
+  {% include "versions.html" %}
+
+  {%- block scripts %}
+    <script src="{{ base_url }}/js/theme.js"></script>
+    {%- for path in extra_javascript %}
+      <script src="{{ path }}"></script>
+    {%- endfor %}
+  {%- endblock %}
 
 </body>
 </html>
