diff --git a/src/restic/options/options.go b/src/restic/options/options.go
index 03d06c32d..55ef59609 100644
--- a/src/restic/options/options.go
+++ b/src/restic/options/options.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ func appendAllOptions(opts []Help, ns string, cfg interface{}) []Help {
 		opt.Namespace = ns
 		opts = append(opts, opt)
 	}
+
+	sort.Sort(helpList(opts))
 	return opts
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ func listOptions(cfg interface{}) (opts []Help) {
 		opts = append(opts, h)
 	}
 
-	sort.Sort(helpList(opts))
 	return opts
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ func (h helpList) Len() int {
 // Less reports whether the element with
 // index i should sort before the element with index j.
 func (h helpList) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	if h[i].Namespace == h[j].Namespace {
+		return h[i].Name < h[j].Name
+	}
+
 	return h[i].Namespace < h[j].Namespace
 }
 
diff --git a/src/restic/options/options_test.go b/src/restic/options/options_test.go
index 7b9eb7db8..f5d43b9a7 100644
--- a/src/restic/options/options_test.go
+++ b/src/restic/options/options_test.go
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ func TestAppendAllOptions(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			[]Help{
 				Help{Namespace: "local", Name: "foo", Text: "bar text help"},
-				Help{Namespace: "sftp", Name: "foo", Text: "bar text help2"},
 				Help{Namespace: "sftp", Name: "bar", Text: "bar text help"},
+				Help{Namespace: "sftp", Name: "foo", Text: "bar text help2"},
 			},
 		},
 	}