diff --git a/docs/recipes/install/common/listpatterns b/docs/recipes/install/common/listpatterns
index 11089d05cf..92c0c984c2 100755
--- a/docs/recipes/install/common/listpatterns
+++ b/docs/recipes/install/common/listpatterns
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ rm -f ${logfile}.*
 echo ++++ search and log OpenHPC patterns
 
 if [ -e /etc/redhat-release ];then
-    for pattern in `yum grouplist | grep -e "ohpc-"`; do
+    for pattern in `yum grouplist | grep -e "ohpc-" | sort`; do
         echo "parsing $pattern"
         info=`yum groupinfo $pattern | grep Description: | sed s/Description://`