diff --git a/cmd/podman/attach.go b/cmd/podman/attach.go
index 5b58c022a4..dc0563a94b 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/attach.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/attach.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "attach",
 		Usage:        "Attach to a running container",
 		Description:  attachDescription,
-		Flags:        attachFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(attachFlags),
 		Action:       attachCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/build.go b/cmd/podman/build.go
index 1b8a5faec9..424f9d471e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/build.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/build.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 		Name:           "build",
 		Usage:          "Build an image using instructions from Dockerfiles",
 		Description:    buildDescription,
-		Flags:          append(append(buildahcli.BudFlags, layerFlags...), buildahcli.FromAndBudFlags...),
+		Flags:          sortFlags(append(append(buildahcli.BudFlags, layerFlags...), buildahcli.FromAndBudFlags...)),
 		Action:         buildCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "CONTEXT-DIRECTORY | URL",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go b/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go
index cbbbcd740f..8582ce1389 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 		Name:        "checkpoint",
 		Usage:       "Checkpoints one or more containers",
 		Description: checkpointDescription,
-		Flags:       checkpointFlags,
+		Flags:       sortFlags(checkpointFlags),
 		Action:      checkpointCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:   "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/cleanup.go b/cmd/podman/cleanup.go
index 316704f91e..3fd1507836 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/cleanup.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/cleanup.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "cleanup",
 		Usage:        "Cleanup network and mountpoints of one or more containers",
 		Description:  cleanupDescription,
-		Flags:        cleanupFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(cleanupFlags),
 		Action:       cleanupCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/commit.go b/cmd/podman/commit.go
index 234926de0c..b09c6b0d90 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/commit.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "commit",
 		Usage:        "Create new image based on the changed container",
 		Description:  commitDescription,
-		Flags:        commitFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(commitFlags),
 		Action:       commitCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common.go b/cmd/podman/common.go
index 9ab0e57e53..838bbfc4ff 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/buildah"
@@ -446,3 +447,10 @@ func getFormat(c *cli.Context) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return "", errors.Errorf("unrecognized image type %q", format)
 }
+
+func sortFlags(flags []cli.Flag) []cli.Flag {
+	sort.Slice(flags, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return strings.Compare(flags[i].GetName(), flags[j].GetName()) < 0
+	})
+	return flags
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/create.go b/cmd/podman/create.go
index 5741372714..0e12f5a8c4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/create.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var createCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:                   "create",
 	Usage:                  "Create but do not start a container",
 	Description:            createDescription,
-	Flags:                  createFlags,
+	Flags:                  sortFlags(createFlags),
 	Action:                 createCmd,
 	ArgsUsage:              "IMAGE [COMMAND [ARG...]]",
 	HideHelp:               true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/diff.go b/cmd/podman/diff.go
index dc35ea5a36..5f813699f3 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/diff.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "diff",
 		Usage:        "Inspect changes on container's file systems",
 		Description:  diffDescription,
-		Flags:        diffFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(diffFlags),
 		Action:       diffCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "ID-NAME",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/exec.go b/cmd/podman/exec.go
index 38cee67d6e..1dcb88dbd8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/exec.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/exec.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "exec",
 		Usage:                  "Run a process in a running container",
 		Description:            execDescription,
-		Flags:                  execFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(execFlags),
 		Action:                 execCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "CONTAINER-NAME",
 		SkipArgReorder:         true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/export.go b/cmd/podman/export.go
index dd73c86635..667b8d0126 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/export.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/export.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "export",
 		Usage:        "Export container's filesystem contents as a tar archive",
 		Description:  exportDescription,
-		Flags:        exportFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(exportFlags),
 		Action:       exportCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/history.go b/cmd/podman/history.go
index 35f71dc60a..7c8c619c8c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/history.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/history.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "history",
 		Usage:                  "Show history of a specified image",
 		Description:            historyDescription,
-		Flags:                  historyFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(historyFlags),
 		Action:                 historyCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images.go b/cmd/podman/images.go
index f88ca32fd4..a8955e49e4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "images",
 		Usage:                  "List images in local storage",
 		Description:            imagesDescription,
-		Flags:                  imagesFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(imagesFlags),
 		Action:                 imagesCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/import.go b/cmd/podman/import.go
index c663e71281..be516e4faa 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/import.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/import.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "import",
 		Usage:        "Import a tarball to create a filesystem image",
 		Description:  importDescription,
-		Flags:        importFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(importFlags),
 		Action:       importCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "TARBALL [REFERENCE]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/info.go b/cmd/podman/info.go
index 927bf57be5..563e63ba38 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/info.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/info.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "info",
 		Usage:        infoDescription,
 		Description:  `Information display here pertain to the host, current storage stats, and build of podman. Useful for the user and when reporting issues.`,
-		Flags:        infoFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(infoFlags),
 		Action:       infoCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
index f4c460777c..bd9e8c13c6 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "inspect",
 		Usage:        "Displays the configuration of a container or image",
 		Description:  inspectDescription,
-		Flags:        inspectFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(inspectFlags),
 		Action:       inspectCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-OR-IMAGE [CONTAINER-OR-IMAGE]...",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/kill.go b/cmd/podman/kill.go
index db3300984f..56dd170b5e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/kill.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/kill.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "kill",
 		Usage:                  "Kill one or more running containers with a specific signal",
 		Description:            killDescription,
-		Flags:                  killFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(killFlags),
 		Action:                 killCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/load.go b/cmd/podman/load.go
index 4dc5c1e3ab..f39ee4487d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/load.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/load.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "load",
 		Usage:        "Load an image from docker archive",
 		Description:  loadDescription,
-		Flags:        loadFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(loadFlags),
 		Action:       loadCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/login.go b/cmd/podman/login.go
index afbd180f86..8625828de4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/login.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/login.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "login",
 		Usage:        "Login to a container registry",
 		Description:  loginDescription,
-		Flags:        loginFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(loginFlags),
 		Action:       loginCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "REGISTRY",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/logout.go b/cmd/podman/logout.go
index fa77df2abb..d2a2da7907 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/logout.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/logout.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "logout",
 		Usage:        "Logout of a container registry",
 		Description:  logoutDescription,
-		Flags:        logoutFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(logoutFlags),
 		Action:       logoutCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "REGISTRY",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/logs.go b/cmd/podman/logs.go
index 34d062c561..84aca5e610 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/logs.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var (
 		Name:           "logs",
 		Usage:          "Fetch the logs of a container",
 		Description:    logsDescription,
-		Flags:          logsFlags,
+		Flags:          sortFlags(logsFlags),
 		Action:         logsCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "CONTAINER",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/mount.go b/cmd/podman/mount.go
index fbaf2baf1a..585f506cd1 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/mount.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 		Description:  mountDescription,
 		Action:       mountCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "[CONTAINER-NAME-OR-ID [...]]",
-		Flags:        mountFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(mountFlags),
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
 	}
 )
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_create.go b/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
index 61086f890b..c3a45a093c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var podCreateCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:                   "create",
 	Usage:                  "Create a new empty pod",
 	Description:            podCreateDescription,
-	Flags:                  podCreateFlags,
+	Flags:                  sortFlags(podCreateFlags),
 	Action:                 podCreateCmd,
 	SkipArgReorder:         true,
 	UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_inspect.go b/cmd/podman/pod_inspect.go
index 34208336b8..77178b14dc 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_inspect.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "inspect",
 		Usage:                  "displays a pod configuration",
 		Description:            podInspectDescription,
-		Flags:                  podInspectFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podInspectFlags),
 		Action:                 podInspectCmd,
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
 		ArgsUsage:              "[POD_NAME_OR_ID]",
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_kill.go b/cmd/podman/pod_kill.go
index 11a3a92076..c8029eb46a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_kill.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_kill.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "kill",
 		Usage:                  "Send the specified signal or SIGKILL to containers in pod",
 		Description:            podKillDescription,
-		Flags:                  podKillFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podKillFlags),
 		Action:                 podKillCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "[POD_NAME_OR_ID]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_pause.go b/cmd/podman/pod_pause.go
index 9eb80cddf5..e8de0debce 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_pause.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_pause.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "pause",
 		Usage:                  "Pause one or more pods",
 		Description:            podPauseDescription,
-		Flags:                  podPauseFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podPauseFlags),
 		Action:                 podPauseCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "POD-NAME|POD-ID [POD-NAME|POD-ID ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_ps.go b/cmd/podman/pod_ps.go
index 85d4e51e2f..2030b9b044 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_ps.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_ps.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ var (
 		Aliases:                []string{"ls", "list"},
 		Usage:                  "List pods",
 		Description:            podPsDescription,
-		Flags:                  podPsFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podPsFlags),
 		Action:                 podPsCmd,
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
 		OnUsageError:           usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_restart.go b/cmd/podman/pod_restart.go
index b4a7f9e105..e956b2f703 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_restart.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_restart.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "restart",
 		Usage:                  "Restart one or more pods",
 		Description:            podRestartDescription,
-		Flags:                  podRestartFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podRestartFlags),
 		Action:                 podRestartCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "POD-NAME|POD-ID [POD-NAME|POD-ID ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_rm.go b/cmd/podman/pod_rm.go
index 09eb9b394d..49f2104cf8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_rm.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If --force is specified, all containers will be stopped, then removed.
 		Name:                   "rm",
 		Usage:                  "Remove one or more pods",
 		Description:            podRmDescription,
-		Flags:                  podRmFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podRmFlags),
 		Action:                 podRmCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "[POD ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_start.go b/cmd/podman/pod_start.go
index 4735028e0b..f0a7926c9d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_start.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_start.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "start",
 		Usage:                  "Start one or more pods",
 		Description:            podStartDescription,
-		Flags:                  podStartFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podStartFlags),
 		Action:                 podStartCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "POD-NAME [POD-NAME ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_stats.go b/cmd/podman/pod_stats.go
index 0a3c6942b2..2e29445b40 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_stats.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "stats",
 		Usage:                  "Display percentage of CPU, memory, network I/O, block I/O and PIDs for containers in one or more pods",
 		Description:            podStatsDescription,
-		Flags:                  podStatsFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podStatsFlags),
 		Action:                 podStatsCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "[POD_NAME_OR_ID]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_stop.go b/cmd/podman/pod_stop.go
index 6dc6a2b2d4..14114aa110 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_stop.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_stop.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "stop",
 		Usage:        "Stop one or more pods",
 		Description:  podStopDescription,
-		Flags:        podStopFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(podStopFlags),
 		Action:       podStopCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "POD-NAME [POD-NAME ...]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_top.go b/cmd/podman/pod_top.go
index fe351c707b..1bd1287dbf 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_top.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_top.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the latest pod.
 		Name:           "top",
 		Usage:          "Display the running processes of containers in a pod",
 		Description:    podTopDescription,
-		Flags:          podTopFlags,
+		Flags:          sortFlags(podTopFlags),
 		Action:         podTopCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "POD-NAME [format descriptors]",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_unpause.go b/cmd/podman/pod_unpause.go
index cdee3cbe7c..5256f680c4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_unpause.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_unpause.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "unpause",
 		Usage:                  "Unpause one or more pods",
 		Description:            podUnpauseDescription,
-		Flags:                  podUnpauseFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(podUnpauseFlags),
 		Action:                 podUnpauseCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "POD-NAME|POD-ID [POD-NAME|POD-ID ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/port.go b/cmd/podman/port.go
index b7c88887ac..d6497d4507 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/port.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/port.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "port",
 		Usage:        "List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container",
 		Description:  portDescription,
-		Flags:        portFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(portFlags),
 		Action:       portCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-NAME [mapping]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/ps.go b/cmd/podman/ps.go
index e53afe1bf5..32b3a05740 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/ps.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "ps",
 		Usage:                  "List containers",
 		Description:            psDescription,
-		Flags:                  psFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(psFlags),
 		Action:                 psCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pull.go b/cmd/podman/pull.go
index 902bd867ce..097c885360 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pull.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ specified, the image with the 'latest' tag (if it exists) is pulled
 		Name:         "pull",
 		Usage:        "Pull an image from a registry",
 		Description:  pullDescription,
-		Flags:        pullFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(pullFlags),
 		Action:       pullCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/push.go b/cmd/podman/push.go
index d9aa2246b8..9f2f418350 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/push.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/push.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "push",
 		Usage:        "Push an image to a specified destination",
 		Description:  pushDescription,
-		Flags:        pushFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(pushFlags),
 		Action:       pushCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "IMAGE DESTINATION",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/refresh.go b/cmd/podman/refresh.go
index df16ad5f01..b07376170d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/refresh.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/refresh.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "refresh",
 		Usage:                  "Refresh container state",
 		Description:            refreshDescription,
-		Flags:                  refreshFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(refreshFlags),
 		Action:                 refreshCmd,
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
 		OnUsageError:           usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/restart.go b/cmd/podman/restart.go
index d2d0c0fd7c..7b48ef24e4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/restart.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/restart.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "restart",
 		Usage:                  "Restart one or more containers",
 		Description:            restartDescription,
-		Flags:                  restartFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(restartFlags),
 		Action:                 restartCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "CONTAINER [CONTAINER ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/restore.go b/cmd/podman/restore.go
index 43ef87ca22..623c4936e6 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/restore.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/restore.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 		Name:        "restore",
 		Usage:       "Restores one or more containers from a checkpoint",
 		Description: restoreDescription,
-		Flags:       restoreFlags,
+		Flags:       sortFlags(restoreFlags),
 		Action:      restoreCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:   "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/rm.go b/cmd/podman/rm.go
index caf7a5f361..f64eca6f44 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rm.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Running containers will not be removed without the -f option.
 		Name:                   "rm",
 		Usage:                  "Remove one or more containers",
 		Description:            rmDescription,
-		Flags:                  rmFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(rmFlags),
 		Action:                 rmCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/rmi.go b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
index fdeab6b806..c0a0d69dfd 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rmi.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 		Description: rmiDescription,
 		Action:      rmiCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:   "IMAGE-NAME-OR-ID [...]",
-		Flags:       rmiFlags,
+		Flags:       sortFlags(rmiFlags),
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
 		OnUsageError:           usageErrorHandler,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/run.go b/cmd/podman/run.go
index fbad4237d3..e4b25eaf4a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/run.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var runCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:                   "run",
 	Usage:                  "Run a command in a new container",
 	Description:            runDescription,
-	Flags:                  runFlags,
+	Flags:                  sortFlags(runFlags),
 	Action:                 runCmd,
 	ArgsUsage:              "IMAGE [COMMAND [ARG...]]",
 	HideHelp:               true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/run_test.go b/cmd/podman/run_test.go
index 0a79f6ec3f..079e570aa8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/run_test.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/run_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 	CLI         *cli.Context
 	testCommand = cli.Command{
 		Name:     "test",
-		Flags:    createFlags,
+		Flags:    sortFlags(createFlags),
 		Action:   testCmd,
 		HideHelp: true,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/runlabel.go b/cmd/podman/runlabel.go
index d514a79fcb..2d464b9495 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/runlabel.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/runlabel.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Executes a command as described by a container image label.
 		Name:           "runlabel",
 		Usage:          "Execute the command described by an image label",
 		Description:    runlabelDescription,
-		Flags:          runlabelFlags,
+		Flags:          sortFlags(runlabelFlags),
 		Action:         runlabelCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/save.go b/cmd/podman/save.go
index a1e980f340..7edc42e0d9 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/save.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/save.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ var (
 		Name:           "save",
 		Usage:          "Save image to an archive",
 		Description:    saveDescription,
-		Flags:          saveFlags,
+		Flags:          sortFlags(saveFlags),
 		Action:         saveCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/search.go b/cmd/podman/search.go
index f64b822fc5..49b1b7f7bf 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/search.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/search.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "search",
 		Usage:        "Search registry for image",
 		Description:  searchDescription,
-		Flags:        searchFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(searchFlags),
 		Action:       searchCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "TERM",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/start.go b/cmd/podman/start.go
index a34f6df5d7..8cf85405e6 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/start.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/start.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 		Name:                   "start",
 		Usage:                  "Start one or more containers",
 		Description:            startDescription,
-		Flags:                  startFlags,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(startFlags),
 		Action:                 startCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/stats.go b/cmd/podman/stats.go
index 0e1d2a9c64..dea351e881 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/stats.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/stats.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "stats",
 		Usage:        "Display percentage of CPU, memory, network I/O, block I/O and PIDs for one or more containers",
 		Description:  statsDescription,
-		Flags:        statsFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(statsFlags),
 		Action:       statsCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/stop.go b/cmd/podman/stop.go
index d2fa877307..4362ae9d1f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/stop.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "stop",
 		Usage:        "Stop one or more containers",
 		Description:  stopDescription,
-		Flags:        stopFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(stopFlags),
 		Action:       stopCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/top.go b/cmd/podman/top.go
index 9b5c3afae7..3012265eaa 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/top.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/top.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the latest container.
 		Name:           "top",
 		Usage:          "Display the running processes of a container",
 		Description:    topDescription,
-		Flags:          topFlags,
+		Flags:          sortFlags(topFlags),
 		Action:         topCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:      "CONTAINER-NAME [format descriptors]",
 		SkipArgReorder: true,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/umount.go b/cmd/podman/umount.go
index b6837fb5bc..24f0f178bb 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/umount.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/umount.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ An unmount can be forced with the --force flag.
 		Aliases:      []string{"unmount"},
 		Usage:        "Unmounts working container's root filesystem",
 		Description:  description,
-		Flags:        umountFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(umountFlags),
 		Action:       umountCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-NAME-OR-ID",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink.go b/cmd/podman/varlink.go
index 2f92d9adb3..a7c195041f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "varlink",
 		Usage:        "Run varlink interface",
 		Description:  varlinkDescription,
-		Flags:        varlinkFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(varlinkFlags),
 		Action:       varlinkCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "VARLINK_URI",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/wait.go b/cmd/podman/wait.go
index 07db20eeea..35ad7a6623 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/wait.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/wait.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var (
 		Name:         "wait",
 		Usage:        "Block on one or more containers",
 		Description:  waitDescription,
-		Flags:        waitFlags,
+		Flags:        sortFlags(waitFlags),
 		Action:       waitCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:    "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
 		OnUsageError: usageErrorHandler,