The problem discussed is the relation between the glass-forming ability and short-range bond ordering of liquids, leading to the locally favored structures. Short-range bond ordering temperature was assumed to be equal to T-A, which is the temperature of transition from an Arrhenius-like to a non-Arrhenius behavior for the alpha-relaxation time dependence on temperature. For a number of substances, it was shown that T-A/T-m >= 1.05 for good glass- formers and T-A/T-m <= 1.02 for poor glass-formers, where T-m is melting temperature. An interpretation of this finding is proposed. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.