diff --git a/R/build_queryv2.R b/R/build_queryv2.R
index 789a242..88c9a59 100644
--- a/R/build_queryv2.R
+++ b/R/build_queryv2.R
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 #' a character object query string to be input as query parameter to \code{\link{get_all_tweets}}.
 #'
 #' @param query string or character vector, search query or queries
+#' @param exact_phrase If `TRUE`, only tweets will be returned matching the exact phrase
 #' @param users string or character vector, user handles to collect tweets from the specified users
 #' @param reply_to string or character vector, user handles to collect replies to the specified users
 #' @param retweets_of string or character vector, user handles to collects retweets of tweets by the specified users
-#' @param exact_phrase If `TRUE`, only tweets will be returned matching the exact phrase
 #' @param exclude string or character vector, tweets containing the keyword(s) will be excluded
 #' 
 #' @param is_retweet If `TRUE`, only retweets will be returned; if `FALSE`, retweets will be excluded; if `NULL`, both retweets and other tweet types will be returned.
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
 #' @importFrom utils menu
 #'
 build_query <- function(query = NULL,
+                        exact_phrase = NULL,
                         users = NULL,
                         reply_to = NULL,
                         retweets_of = NULL,
-                        exact_phrase = NULL,
                         exclude = NULL,
                         is_retweet = NULL,
                         is_reply = NULL,
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ build_query <- function(query = NULL,
   if(isTRUE(length(query) >1)) {
     query <- paste("(",paste(query, collapse = " OR "),")", sep = "")
   }
-
+  
+  if(isTRUE(exact_phrase)){
+    query <- paste0("\"", query, "\"")
+  }
   
   if(!is.null(users)){
     query <- paste(query, add_query_prefix(users, "from:"))
@@ -102,10 +105,6 @@ build_query <- function(query = NULL,
     query <- paste(query, add_query_prefix(retweets_of, "retweets_of:"))
   }
   
-  if(isTRUE(exact_phrase)){
-    query <- paste0("\"", query, "\"")
-  }
-  
   if(!is.null(exclude)) {
     query <- paste(query, paste("-", exclude, sep = "", collapse = " "))
   }
diff --git a/man/build_query.Rd b/man/build_query.Rd
index 0ec56ed..3877196 100644
--- a/man/build_query.Rd
+++ b/man/build_query.Rd
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 \usage{
 build_query(
   query = NULL,
+  exact_phrase = NULL,
   users = NULL,
   reply_to = NULL,
   retweets_of = NULL,
-  exact_phrase = NULL,
   exclude = NULL,
   is_retweet = NULL,
   is_reply = NULL,
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ build_query(
 \arguments{
 \item{query}{string or character vector, search query or queries}
 
+\item{exact_phrase}{If \code{TRUE}, only tweets will be returned matching the exact phrase}
+
 \item{users}{string or character vector, user handles to collect tweets from the specified users}
 
 \item{reply_to}{string or character vector, user handles to collect replies to the specified users}
 
 \item{retweets_of}{string or character vector, user handles to collects retweets of tweets by the specified users}
 
-\item{exact_phrase}{If \code{TRUE}, only tweets will be returned matching the exact phrase}
-
 \item{exclude}{string or character vector, tweets containing the keyword(s) will be excluded}
 
 \item{is_retweet}{If \code{TRUE}, only retweets will be returned; if \code{FALSE}, retweets will be excluded; if \code{NULL}, both retweets and other tweet types will be returned.}