diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4c3d07c87..1d1f5f290 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Bug fixes
 
 - Prevent `drake::drake_plan(x = target(...))` from throwing an error if `drake` is not loaded (#1039, @mstr3336).
+- Move the `transformations` lifecycle badge to the proper location in the docstring (#1040, @jeroen).
 
 ## New features
 
diff --git a/R/transform_plan.R b/R/transform_plan.R
index e59788f58..01d880b09 100644
--- a/R/transform_plan.R
+++ b/R/transform_plan.R
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#' @title Transformations in `drake_plan()`.
+#' @title Transformations in `drake_plan()`. \lifecycle{maturing}
 #' @name transformations
 #' @aliases map split cross combine
-#' \lifecycle{maturing}
 #' @description In [drake_plan()], you can define whole batches
 #'   of targets with transformations such as
 #'   `map()`, `split()`, `cross()`, and `combine()`.
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index 162494ed8..e048e9b9d 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ dereferenced
 deterministically
 devtools
 discoverability
+docstring
 Dobbyn
 dplyr
 DSL
diff --git a/man/transformations.Rd b/man/transformations.Rd
index 9d708b1bf..d15eef810 100644
--- a/man/transformations.Rd
+++ b/man/transformations.Rd
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 \alias{split}
 \alias{cross}
 \alias{combine}
-\alias{\lifecycle{maturing}}
-\title{Transformations in \code{drake_plan()}.}
+\title{Transformations in \code{drake_plan()}. \lifecycle{maturing}}
 \arguments{
 \item{...}{Grouping variables. New grouping variables must be
 supplied with their names and values, existing grouping variables