diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/PluginReport.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/PluginReport.java
index 20d8d7f..626e840 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/PluginReport.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/PluginReport.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.plugin;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
@@ -310,7 +312,10 @@ public class PluginReport
                 tableHeader( new String[] { goalColumnName, descriptionColumnName } );
             }
 
-            for ( Iterator i = pluginDescriptor.getMojos().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+            List mojos = new ArrayList();
+            mojos.addAll( pluginDescriptor.getMojos() );
+            PluginUtils.sortMojos( mojos );
+            for ( Iterator i = mojos.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
             {
                 MojoDescriptor mojo = (MojoDescriptor) i.next();
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
index 84ee4ae..8f250fe 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -372,17 +370,7 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
             }
         }
 
-        Collections.sort( mojoDescriptors, new Comparator()
-        {
-
-            public int compare( Object arg0, Object arg1 )
-            {
-                MojoDescriptor mojo0 = (MojoDescriptor) arg0;
-                MojoDescriptor mojo1 = (MojoDescriptor) arg1;
-                return mojo0.getGoal().compareToIgnoreCase( mojo1.getGoal() );
-            }
-
-        } );
+        PluginUtils.sortMojos( mojoDescriptors );
 
         writer.write( "    /** {@inheritDoc} */" + LS );
         writer.write( "    public void execute()" + LS );
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtils.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtils.java
index 276638b..ca2aacb 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtils.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.DependencyResolutionRequiredException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport;
@@ -393,4 +396,27 @@ public final class PluginUtils
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sorts the specified mojo descriptors by goal name.
+     * 
+     * @param mojoDescriptors The mojo descriptors to sort, may be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public static void sortMojos( List mojoDescriptors )
+    {
+        if ( mojoDescriptors != null )
+        {
+            Collections.sort( mojoDescriptors, new Comparator()
+            {
+
+                public int compare( Object arg0, Object arg1 )
+                {
+                    MojoDescriptor mojo0 = (MojoDescriptor) arg0;
+                    MojoDescriptor mojo1 = (MojoDescriptor) arg1;
+                    return mojo0.getGoal().compareToIgnoreCase( mojo1.getGoal() );
+                }
+
+            } );
+        }
+    }
+
 }