diff --git a/pkgquery b/pkgquery
index 2230b56..3c1b3ac 100755
--- a/pkgquery
+++ b/pkgquery
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pkg_search() {
 	needarg $@
 	arg=$*
 	for repo in $REPO; do
-		out=$(grep -R "# description" $repo | grep $BUILD_SCRIPT | grep "$arg" | awk -F : '{print $1}')
+		out=$(grep -R "# description" $repo | grep $BUILD_SCRIPT | grep "$arg" | awk -F : '{print $1}' | sort)
 		[ "$out" ] || continue
 		for line in $out; do
 			repo=$(echo $line | rev | awk -F / '{print $3}' | rev)
diff --git a/scratch b/scratch
index ca2f365..72ac0f7 100755
--- a/scratch
+++ b/scratch
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ scratch_search() {
 	needarg $@
 	arg=$*
 	for repo in $PORT_REPO; do
-		out=$(grep -R "# description" $repo | grep $BUILD_SCRIPT | grep "$arg" | awk -F : '{print $1}')
+		out=$(grep -R "# description" $repo | grep $BUILD_SCRIPT | grep "$arg" | awk -F : '{print $1}' | sort)
 		[ "$out" ] || continue
 		found=1
 		for line in $out; do