diff --git a/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.js b/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.js
index 6e68c28001..8e1a68f86e 100644
--- a/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.js
+++ b/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ module.exports = function readTypeScriptModules(tsParser, readFilesProcessor, mo
     basePath: '.',
     // We can ignore members of classes that are private
     hidePrivateMembers: true,
-    // We can sort class members alphabetically
-    sortClassMembers: true,
+    // We leave class members sorted in order of declaration
+    sortClassMembers: false,
     // We can provide a collection of strings or regexes to ignore exports whose export names match
     ignoreExportsMatching: ['___esModule'],
 
diff --git a/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.spec.js b/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.spec.js
index 2c8ac217cf..f8208d53b8 100644
--- a/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.spec.js
+++ b/docs/dgeni-package/processors/readTypeScriptModules.spec.js
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ describe('readTypeScriptModules', function() {
 
 
   describe('ordering of members', function() {
-    it('should order class members alphabetically (by default)', function() {
+    it('should order class members in order of appearance (by default)', function() {
       processor.sourceFiles = ['orderingOfMembers.ts'];
       var docs = [];
       processor.$process(docs);
       var classDoc = _.find(docs, { docType: 'class' });
       expect(classDoc.docType).toEqual('class');
       expect(getNames(classDoc.members)).toEqual([
-        'doStuff',
         'firstItem',
-        'otherMethod'
+        'otherMethod',
+        'doStuff',
       ]);
     });