diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index 3460799..f97c416 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 		points[i] = fmt.Sprintf("* %s", err)
 	}
 
+	sort.Strings(points)
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%d error(s) decoding:\n\n%s",
 		len(e.Errors), strings.Join(points, "\n"))
diff --git a/mapstructure_examples_test.go b/mapstructure_examples_test.go
index a8a61fa..f17c214 100644
--- a/mapstructure_examples_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_examples_test.go
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
 	// Output:
 	// 5 error(s) decoding:
 	//
-	// * 'Name' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
 	// * 'Age' expected type 'int', got unconvertible type 'string'
 	// * 'Emails[0]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
 	// * 'Emails[1]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
 	// * 'Emails[2]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
+	// * 'Name' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
 }
 
 func ExampleDecode_metadata() {
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index 23029c7..036e6b5 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	expectedKeys := []string{"Vfoo", "Vbar.Vstring", "Vbar.Vuint", "Vbar"}
+	expectedKeys := []string{"Vbar", "Vbar.Vstring", "Vbar.Vuint", "Vfoo"}
+	sort.Strings(md.Keys)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(md.Keys, expectedKeys) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad keys: %#v", md.Keys)
 	}