diff --git a/constants.py b/constants.py
index 9f14afb..89b0ef0 100644
--- a/constants.py
+++ b/constants.py
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ acceptable_elements = ['a', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'address', 'area', 'b', 'big',
 acceptable_attributes = ['href']
 
 # entity list from http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/CharacterEntitiesConsistent
-# when version without ; is allowed, make sure to put the version with first.
 entities = { 'á' : 'á',
              'Á' : 'Á',
              '&Aacute' : 'Á',
diff --git a/output.py b/output.py
index e756ca5..5244ceb 100644
--- a/output.py
+++ b/output.py
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ def removeEntities(text):
 
 	# replace several named entities with character, such as — -> -
 	# see constants.py for the list.
-	for e in entities:
+	# reverse sort will put entities with ; before the same one without, when valid.
+	for e in reversed(sorted(entities.keys())):
 		v = entities[e]
 		try:
 			text = text.replace(e, v)