diff --git a/docs/gendocs.sh b/docs/gendocs.sh
index 906afa14..c13f166b 100755
--- a/docs/gendocs.sh
+++ b/docs/gendocs.sh
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ echo "Making output for $srcfile"
 echo " in `pwd`"
 mkdir -p "$outdir/"
 
-taropts="--mtime=@$timestamp --mode=go=rX,u+rw,a-s"
+taropts="--mtime=@$timestamp --mode=go=rX,u+rw,a-s --sort=name"
 cmd="$SETLANG $MAKEINFO -o $PACKAGE.info $commonarg $infoarg \"$srcfile\""
 echo "Generating info... ($cmd)"
 eval "$cmd"