diff --git a/guix/scripts/import.scm b/guix/scripts/import.scm
index d724f2bca32..bbf31baa157 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/import.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/import.scm
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@
 ;;; Entry point.
 ;;;
 
-(define importers '("gnu" "pypi" "cpan" "hackage" "stackage" "egg" "elpa"
-                    "gem" "go" "cran" "crate" "texlive" "json" "opam"
-                    "minetest" "elm" "hexpm" "composer" "npm-binary"))
+;; The list of all known importers.  These are printed in order by SHOW-HELP, so
+;; please keep this list alphabetically sorted!
+(define importers '("composer" "cpan" "cran" "crate" "egg" "elm" "elpa"
+                    "gem" "gnu" "go" "hackage" "hexpm" "json" "minetest"
+                    "npm-binary" "opam" "pypi" "stackage" "texlive"))
 
 (define (resolve-importer name)
   (let ((module (resolve-interface