diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
index 6f75af91b43..8fc2227cf1c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package genericclioptions
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 	for format := range jsonFormats {
 		formats = append(formats, format)
 	}
+	sort.Strings(formats)
 	return formats
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
index bf0c087bc1b..bba946f4039 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONPathFormats(t *testing.T) {
 			printFlags := JSONPathPrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: templateArg,
 			}
+			if !sort.StringsAreSorted(printFlags.AllowedFormats()) {
+				t.Fatalf("allowed formats are not sorted")
+			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
@@ -180,6 +184,9 @@ func TestJSONPathPrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 				TemplateArgument: &tc.templateArg,
 				AllowMissingKeys: tc.allowMissingKeys,
 			}
+			if !sort.StringsAreSorted(printFlags.AllowedFormats()) {
+				t.Fatalf("allowed formats are not sorted")
+			}
 
 			outputFormat := "jsonpath"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
index eeae7ac7d6e..08954b24173 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package genericclioptions
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 	for format := range templateFormats {
 		formats = append(formats, format)
 	}
+	sort.Strings(formats)
 	return formats
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
index e1f5ae60e5c..194a335e420 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedTemplateFormats(t *testing.T) {
 			printFlags := GoTemplatePrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: templateArg,
 			}
+			if !sort.StringsAreSorted(printFlags.AllowedFormats()) {
+				t.Fatalf("allowed formats are not sorted")
+			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
@@ -174,6 +178,9 @@ func TestTemplatePrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 				TemplateArgument: &tc.templateArg,
 				AllowMissingKeys: tc.allowMissingKeys,
 			}
+			if !sort.StringsAreSorted(printFlags.AllowedFormats()) {
+				t.Fatalf("allowed formats are not sorted")
+			}
 
 			outputFormat := "template"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)