diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/generate/RestDocumentationGenerator.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/generate/RestDocumentationGenerator.java
index 0245d3df..06cb7ba5 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/generate/RestDocumentationGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/generate/RestDocumentationGenerator.java
@@ -227,12 +227,13 @@ public final class RestDocumentationGenerator<REQ, RESP> {
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private List<Snippet> getSnippets(Map<String, Object> configuration) {
-		List<Snippet> combinedSnippets = new ArrayList<>(this.snippets);
+		List<Snippet> combinedSnippets = new ArrayList<>();
 		List<Snippet> defaultSnippets = (List<Snippet>) configuration
 				.get(ATTRIBUTE_NAME_DEFAULT_SNIPPETS);
 		if (defaultSnippets != null) {
 			combinedSnippets.addAll(defaultSnippets);
 		}
+		combinedSnippets.addAll(this.snippets);
 		return combinedSnippets;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/RestDocumentationGeneratorTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/RestDocumentationGeneratorTests.java
index 103a7960..7843d3d0 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/RestDocumentationGeneratorTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/RestDocumentationGeneratorTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -111,9 +112,10 @@ public class RestDocumentationGeneratorTests {
 		new RestDocumentationGenerator<>("id", this.requestConverter,
 				this.responseConverter, this.snippet).handle(this.request, this.response,
 						configuration);
-		verifySnippetInvocation(this.snippet, configuration);
-		verifySnippetInvocation(defaultSnippet1, configuration);
-		verifySnippetInvocation(defaultSnippet2, configuration);
+		InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(defaultSnippet1, defaultSnippet2, this.snippet);
+		verifySnippetInvocation(inOrder, defaultSnippet1, configuration);
+		verifySnippetInvocation(inOrder, defaultSnippet2, configuration);
+		verifySnippetInvocation(inOrder, this.snippet, configuration);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -202,13 +204,12 @@ public class RestDocumentationGeneratorTests {
 
 	private void verifySnippetInvocation(Snippet snippet, Map<String, Object> attributes)
 			throws IOException {
-		verifySnippetInvocation(snippet, attributes, 1);
-	}
-
-	private void verifySnippetInvocation(Snippet snippet, Map<String, Object> attributes,
-			int times) throws IOException {
-		verifySnippetInvocation(snippet, this.operationRequest, this.operationResponse,
-				attributes, times);
+		ArgumentCaptor<Operation> operation = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Operation.class);
+		verify(snippet).document(operation.capture());
+		assertThat(this.operationRequest, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getRequest())));
+		assertThat(this.operationResponse,
+				is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getResponse())));
+		assertThat(attributes, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getAttributes())));
 	}
 
 	private void verifySnippetInvocation(Snippet snippet,
@@ -218,6 +219,15 @@ public class RestDocumentationGeneratorTests {
 		verify(snippet, Mockito.times(times)).document(operation.capture());
 		assertThat(operationRequest, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getRequest())));
 		assertThat(operationResponse, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getResponse())));
+	}
+
+	private void verifySnippetInvocation(InOrder inOrder, Snippet snippet,
+			Map<String, Object> attributes) throws IOException {
+		ArgumentCaptor<Operation> operation = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Operation.class);
+		inOrder.verify(snippet).document(operation.capture());
+		assertThat(this.operationRequest, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getRequest())));
+		assertThat(this.operationResponse,
+				is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getResponse())));
 		assertThat(attributes, is(equalTo(operation.getValue().getAttributes())));
 	}