[jQuery] Using .fadeOut() then .html("")

[hubbs]

I have some text that is in a div that I would like to fade out, then
I want to clear the HTML of that div.  But, it seems that the fadeOut
doesn't get run before the HTML gets cleared:

setTimeout(function() {
                    $("#ajaxResult").fadeOut("slow").html("");
                },
                5000);

Did I do something wrong here?