diff --git a/markdownlint.js b/markdownlint.js
index 402df51b..04555d60 100755
--- a/markdownlint.js
+++ b/markdownlint.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function prepareFileList(files) {
 
 function lint(lintFiles, config) {
   var lintOptions = {
+    resultVersion: 2,
     files: lintFiles,
     config: config
   };
@@ -63,8 +64,26 @@ function lint(lintFiles, config) {
 }
 
 function printResult(lintResult) {
-  var lintResultString = lintResult.toString();
-  if (lintResultString) {
+  var results = flatten(Object.keys(lintResult).map(function (file) {
+    return lintResult[file].map(function (result) {
+      return {
+        file: file,
+        lineNumber: result.lineNumber,
+        names: result.ruleNames.join('/'),
+        description: result.ruleDescription +
+          (result.errorDetail ? ' [' + result.errorDetail + ']' : '') +
+          (result.errorContext ? ' [Context: "' + result.errorContext + '"]' : '')
+      };
+    });
+  }));
+  if (results.length > 0) {
+    results.sort(function (a, b) {
+      return a.file.localeCompare(b.file) || a.lineNumber - b.lineNumber ||
+        a.names.localeCompare(b.names) || a.description.localeCompare(b.description);
+    });
+    var lintResultString = results.map(function (result) {
+      return result.file + ': ' + result.lineNumber + ': ' + result.names + ' ' + result.description;
+    }).join('\n');
     console.error(lintResultString);
     // Note: process.exit(1) will end abruptly, interrupting asynchronous IO
     // streams (e.g., when the output is being piped). Just set the exit code
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 4645dd4c..06669a86 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ test('linting of incorrect Markdown file fails', async t => {
   try {
     await execa('../markdownlint.js',
       ['--config', 'test-config.json', 'incorrect.md']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(err.stdout === '');
     t.true(err.stderr.match(errorPattern).length === 8);
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ test('linting of incorrect Markdown file fails', async t => {
 test('linting of incorrect Markdown via npm run file fails with eol', async t => {
   try {
     await execa('npm', ['run', 'invalid']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(/\nnpm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE/.test(err.stderr));
   }
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ test('glob linting works with failing files', async t => {
   try {
     await execa('../markdownlint.js',
       ['--config', 'test-config.json', '**/*.md']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(err.stdout === '');
     t.true(err.stderr.match(errorPattern).length === 16);
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ test('dir linting works with failing .markdown files', async t => {
   try {
     await execa('../markdownlint.js',
       ['--config', 'test-config.json', 'subdir-incorrect']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(err.stdout === '');
     t.true(err.stderr.match(errorPattern).length === 10);
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ test('glob linting with failing files has fewer errors when ignored by dir', asy
   try {
     await execa('../markdownlint.js',
       ['--config', 'test-config.json', '**/*.md', '--ignore', 'subdir-incorrect']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(err.stdout === '');
     t.true(err.stderr.match(errorPattern).length === 8);
@@ -106,6 +111,7 @@ test('dir linting with failing files has fewer errors when ignored by file', asy
   try {
     await execa('../markdownlint.js',
       ['--config', 'test-config.json', 'subdir-incorrect', '--ignore', 'subdir-incorrect/incorrect.md']);
+    t.fail();
   } catch (err) {
     t.true(err.stdout === '');
     t.true(err.stderr.match(errorPattern).length === 2);
@@ -118,3 +124,25 @@ test('glob linting with failing files passes when ignored by multiple globs', as
   t.true(result.stdout === '');
   t.true(result.stderr === '');
 });
+
+test('linting results are sorted by file/line/names/description', async t => {
+  try {
+    await execa('../markdownlint.js',
+      ['--config', 'test-config.json', 'incorrect.md']);
+    t.fail();
+  } catch (err) {
+    const expected = [
+      'incorrect.md: 1: MD002/first-header-h1 First header should be a top level header [Expected: h1; Actual: h2]',
+      'incorrect.md: 1: MD022/blanks-around-headers Headers should be surrounded by blank lines [Context: "## header 2"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 1: MD041/first-line-h1 First line in file should be a top level header [Context: "## header 2"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 2: MD022/blanks-around-headers Headers should be surrounded by blank lines [Context: "# header"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 4: MD014/commands-show-output Dollar signs used before commands without showing output [Context: "$ code"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 10: MD014/commands-show-output Dollar signs used before commands without showing output [Context: "$ code"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 16: MD014/commands-show-output Dollar signs used before commands without showing output [Context: "$ code"]',
+      'incorrect.md: 23: MD014/commands-show-output Dollar signs used before commands without showing output [Context: "$ code"]',
+      ''
+    ].join('\n');
+    t.true(err.stdout === '');
+    t.true(err.stderr === expected);
+  }
+});