@@ 27,6 27,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 

          
@@ 54,6 55,15 @@ var baseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Alternate low-level ceph cli experimentation tool",
 }
 
+func sortCmds(cmds desc.Commands) desc.Commands {
+	sort.Slice(cmds, func(i, j int) bool {
+		a := strings.Join(cmds[i].PrefixArgs(), " ")
+		b := strings.Join(cmds[j].PrefixArgs(), " ")
+		return a < b
+	})
+	return cmds
+}
+
 func listCmdHelp(cmds desc.Commands) {
 	fmt.Printf("--- found %d possible commands ---\n", len(cmds))
 	var filter bool

          
@@ 219,7 229,7 @@ func subCommand(cr runner.Runner, args [
 		return err
 	}
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		listCmdHelp(cmds)
+		listCmdHelp(sortCmds(cmds))
 		return nil
 	}
 	cmd, similarCmds := desc.Match(cmds, args)

          
@@ 227,7 237,7 @@ func subCommand(cr runner.Runner, args [
 		if len(similarCmds) == 0 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("no commands matching: %s", strings.Join(args, " "))
 		}
-		listCmdHelp(similarCmds)
+		listCmdHelp(sortCmds(similarCmds))
 		return nil
 	}
 	if commandHelp {