diff --git a/scripts/asciidoc2html.py b/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
index c5da58b86..0e9813a0d 100755
--- a/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
+++ b/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ def call_asciidoc(src, dst):
     args.append(src)
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(args)
-    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError) as e:
-        utils.print_col(str(e), 'red')
-        sys.exit(1)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         utils.print_col("asciidoc needs to be installed to use this script!",
                         'red')
         sys.exit(1)
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError) as e:
+        utils.print_col(str(e), 'red')
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 
 def main(colors=False):