diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py b/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
index 5b595eacb9..1de7e89f5e 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class MandatoryFeatureUnsupported(Error):
 
 ArchiveInfo = namedtuple('ArchiveInfo', 'name id ts')
 
-AI_HUMAN_SORT_KEYS = ['timestamp'] + list(ArchiveInfo._fields)
+# timestamp is a replacement for ts, archive is an alias for name (see SortBySpec)
+AI_HUMAN_SORT_KEYS = ['timestamp', 'archive'] + list(ArchiveInfo._fields)
 AI_HUMAN_SORT_KEYS.remove('ts')
 
 
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
index 1e11ea61dd..03e9c20a43 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def SortBySpec(text):
     for token in text.split(','):
         if token not in AI_HUMAN_SORT_KEYS:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('Invalid sort key: %s' % token)
-    return text.replace('timestamp', 'ts')
+    return text.replace('timestamp', 'ts').replace('archive', 'name')
 
 
 def format_file_size(v, precision=2, sign=False, iec=False):