diff --git a/templating/build.py b/templating/build.py
index cf4a7e2e..da680881 100755
--- a/templating/build.py
+++ b/templating/build.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def main(file_stream=None, out_dir=None):
 
     # add a template filter to produce pretty pretty JSON
     def jsonify(input, indent=None, pre_whitespace=0):
-        code = json.dumps(input, indent=indent)
+        code = json.dumps(input, indent=indent, sort_keys=True)
         if pre_whitespace:
             code = code.replace("\n", ("\n" +" "*pre_whitespace))
 
diff --git a/templating/templates/events.tmpl b/templating/templates/events.tmpl
index 72501fac..24af5052 100644
--- a/templating/templates/events.tmpl
+++ b/templating/templates/events.tmpl
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 {% endfor %}
 Example::
 
-    {{example.content | jsonify(4, 4)}}
+    {{example | jsonify(4, 4)}}