diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a71c21b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "info": {
+    "title": "no stoplight :("
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
index 84ed44522..edcda750e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ describe('Linter service', () => {
 
   it('given a list of files is provided, outputs issues for each file', () => {
     const documents = [
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
       join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
-      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document-copy.json`),
     ];
 
     return expect(run(['lint', ...documents].join(' '))).resolves.toEqual([
@@ -142,6 +142,29 @@ describe('Linter service', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('sorts linting results in an alphabetical order', () => {
+    const documents = [
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/openapi-3.0-valid.yaml`),
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+    ];
+
+    return expect(run(['lint', ...documents].join(' '))).resolves.toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/openapi-3.0-valid.yaml`),
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
   describe('when glob is provided', () => {
     const documents = join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info*.json`);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
index 2edd01730..8049b2462 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ async function match(pattern: fg.Pattern | fg.Pattern[]): Promise<string[]> {
   return (await fg(pattern, GLOB_OPTIONS)).map(normalize);
 }
 
+const compareString = (a: string, b: string): number => a.localeCompare(b);
+
 export async function listFiles(patterns: string[], ignoreUnmatchedGlobs: boolean): Promise<[string[], string[]]> {
   const { files, urls } = patterns.reduce<{
     files: string[];
@@ -49,5 +51,5 @@ export async function listFiles(patterns: string[], ignoreUnmatchedGlobs: boolea
     );
   }
 
-  return [[...urls, ...filesFound], fileSearchWithoutResult]; // let's normalize OS paths produced by fast-glob to have consistent paths across all platforms
+  return [[...urls, ...filesFound].sort(compareString), fileSearchWithoutResult]; // let's normalize OS paths produced by fast-glob to have consistent paths across all platforms
 }