diff --git a/lib/jsduck/js/returns.rb b/lib/jsduck/js/returns.rb
index e985eb8016ded5e808c4cc4b5c3dd118ff6a81bc..a770d4afd276fe7aebf634bf04357d6765cf2faf 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/js/returns.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/js/returns.rb
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ module JsDuck
           :this
         elsif boolean?(ast)
           "Boolean"
-        elsif string?(ast)
-          "String"
         elsif regexp?(ast)
           "RegExp"
+        elsif string?(ast)
+          "String"
         else
           :other
         end