diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 18ac9e2..ba721ec 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export(create_subgrps)
 export(create_var_from_codelist)
 export(drop_unspec_vars)
 export(metatools_example)
-export(sort_key)
-export(sort_order)
+export(order_cols)
+export(sort_by_key)
 importFrom(dplyr,"%>%")
 importFrom(dplyr,across)
 importFrom(dplyr,all_of)
diff --git a/R/sort.R b/R/sort.R
index 3f4171f..affbcd7 100644
--- a/R/sort.R
+++ b/R/sort.R
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #' spec <- define_to_metacore(metacore_example("ADaM_define.xml"), quiet = TRUE) %>%
 #'   select_dataset("ADSL")
 #' data <- read_xpt(metatools_example("adsl.xpt"))
-#' sort_order(data, spec)
-sort_order <- function(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL) {
+#' order_cols(data, spec)
+order_cols <- function(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL) {
   metacore <- make_lone_dataset(metacore, dataset_name)
   var_ord <- metacore$ds_vars %>%
     filter(!is.na(.data$order)) %>%
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ sort_order <- function(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL) {
 #' spec <- define_to_metacore(metacore_example("ADaM_define.xml"), quiet = TRUE) %>%
 #'   select_dataset("ADSL")
 #' data <- read_xpt(metatools_example("adsl.xpt"))
-#' sort_key(data, spec)
-sort_key <- function(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL) {
+#' sort_by_key (data, spec)
+sort_by_key <- function(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL) {
   metacore <- make_lone_dataset(metacore, dataset_name)
   var_ord <- metacore$ds_vars %>%
     filter(!is.na(.data$key_seq)) %>%
diff --git a/man/sort_order.Rd b/man/order_cols.Rd
similarity index 87%
rename from man/sort_order.Rd
rename to man/order_cols.Rd
index b17dce8..37e68a5 100644
--- a/man/sort_order.Rd
+++ b/man/order_cols.Rd
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/sort.R
-\name{sort_order}
-\alias{sort_order}
+\name{order_cols}
+\alias{order_cols}
 \title{Sort Columns by Order}
 \usage{
-sort_order(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL)
+order_cols(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{data}{Dataset to sort}
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ library(magrittr)
 spec <- define_to_metacore(metacore_example("ADaM_define.xml"), quiet = TRUE) \%>\%
   select_dataset("ADSL")
 data <- read_xpt(metatools_example("adsl.xpt"))
-sort_order(data, spec)
+order_cols(data, spec)
 }
diff --git a/man/sort_key.Rd b/man/sort_by_key.Rd
similarity index 87%
rename from man/sort_key.Rd
rename to man/sort_by_key.Rd
index d6c8d23..bf839bb 100644
--- a/man/sort_key.Rd
+++ b/man/sort_by_key.Rd
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/sort.R
-\name{sort_key}
-\alias{sort_key}
+\name{sort_by_key}
+\alias{sort_by_key}
 \title{Sort Rows by Key Sequence}
 \usage{
-sort_key(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL)
+sort_by_key(data, metacore, dataset_name = NULL)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{data}{Dataset to sort}
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ library(magrittr)
 spec <- define_to_metacore(metacore_example("ADaM_define.xml"), quiet = TRUE) \%>\%
   select_dataset("ADSL")
 data <- read_xpt(metatools_example("adsl.xpt"))
-sort_key(data, spec)
+sort_by_key (data, spec)
 }