diff --git a/verilog/Verilog.i b/verilog/Verilog.i
index 41a94e02..970f42a8 100644
--- a/verilog/Verilog.i
+++ b/verilog/Verilog.i
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ delete_verilog_reader()
 
 void
 write_verilog_cmd(const char *filename,
-		  bool sorted)
+		  bool sort)
 {
   Network *network = cmdNetwork();
-  writeVerilog(filename, sorted, network);
+  writeVerilog(filename, sort, network);
 }
 
 %} // inline
diff --git a/verilog/Verilog.tcl b/verilog/Verilog.tcl
index 9a25cee2..61d717b6 100644
--- a/verilog/Verilog.tcl
+++ b/verilog/Verilog.tcl
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ namespace eval sta {
 # Defined by SWIG interface Verilog.i.
 define_cmd_args "read_verilog" {filename}
 
-define_cmd_args "write_verilog" {[-sorted] filename}
+define_cmd_args "write_verilog" {[-sort] filename}
 
 proc write_verilog { args } {
-  parse_key_args "write_verilog" args keys {} flags {-sorted}
+  parse_key_args "write_verilog" args keys {} flags {-sort}
 
-  set sorted [info exists flags(-sorted)]
+  set sort [info exists flags(-sort)]
   check_argc_eq1 "write_verilog" $args
   set filename $args
-  write_verilog_cmd $filename $sorted
+  write_verilog_cmd $filename $sort
 }
 
 # sta namespace end
diff --git a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
index f4b8c10d..ffeb4281 100644
--- a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
+++ b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class VerilogWriter
 {
 public:
   VerilogWriter(const char *filename,
-		bool sorted,
+		bool sort,
 		FILE *stream,
 		Network *network);
   void writeModule(Instance *inst);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ protected:
   void writeChild(Instance *child);
 
   const char *filename_;
-  bool sorted_;
+  bool sort_;
   FILE *stream_;
   Network *network_;
 
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ protected:
 
 void
 writeVerilog(const char *filename,
-	     bool sorted,
+	     bool sort,
 	     Network *network)
 {
   FILE *stream = fopen(filename, "w");
   if (stream) {
-    VerilogWriter writer(filename, sorted, stream, network);
+    VerilogWriter writer(filename, sort, stream, network);
     writer.writeModule(network->topInstance());
     fclose(stream);
   }
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ writeVerilog(const char *filename,
 }
 
 VerilogWriter::VerilogWriter(const char *filename,
-			     bool sorted,
+			     bool sort,
 			     FILE *stream,
 			     Network *network) :
   filename_(filename),
-  sorted_(sorted),
+  sort_(sort),
   stream_(stream),
   network_(network)
 {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ VerilogWriter::writeChildren(Instance *inst)
   }
   delete child_iter;
 
-  if (sorted_)
+  if (sort_)
     sort(children, InstancePathNameLess(network_));
 
   for (auto child : children)
diff --git a/verilog/VerilogWriter.hh b/verilog/VerilogWriter.hh
index 01e99f03..83f3ffef 100644
--- a/verilog/VerilogWriter.hh
+++ b/verilog/VerilogWriter.hh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Network;
 
 void
 writeVerilog(const char *filename,
-	     bool sorted,
+	     bool sort,
 	     Network *network);
 
 } // namespace