diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/README.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/README.md
index 9a59d80556e0f..dce50ebf29c46 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/README.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,90 @@ fn bar() {}
 fn baz() {}
 ```
 
+### Sorting
+
+In various cases, the default Rust style specifies to sort things. If not
+otherwise specified, such sorting should be "version sorting", which ensures
+that (for instance) `x8` comes before `x16` even though the character `1` comes
+before the character `8`. (If not otherwise specified, version-sorting is
+lexicographical.)
+
+For the purposes of the Rust style, to compare two strings for version-sorting:
+
+- Process both strings from beginning to end as two sequences of maximal-length
+  chunks, where each chunk consists either of a sequence of characters other
+  than ASCII digits, or a sequence of ASCII digits (a numeric chunk), and
+  compare corresponding chunks from the strings.
+- To compare two numeric chunks, compare them by numeric value, ignoring
+  leading zeroes. If the two chunks have equal numeric value, but different
+  numbers of leading digits, and this is the first time this has happened for
+  these strings, treat the chunks as equal (moving on to the next chunk) but
+  remember which string had more leading zeroes.
+- To compare two chunks if both are not numeric, compare them by Unicode
+  character lexicographically, except that `_` (underscore) sorts immediately
+  after ` ` (space) but before any other character. (This treats underscore as
+  a word separator, as commonly used in identifiers.)
+  - If the use of version sorting specifies further modifiers, such as sorting
+    non-lowercase before lowercase, apply those modifiers to the lexicographic
+    sort in this step.
+- If the comparison reaches the end of the string and considers each pair of
+  chunks equal:
+  - If one of the numeric comparisons noted the earliest point at which one
+    string had more leading zeroes than the other, sort the string with more
+    leading zeroes first.
+  - Otherwise, the strings are equal.
+
+Note that there exist various algorithms called "version sorting", which
+generally try to solve the same problem, but which differ in various ways (such
+as in their handling of numbers with leading zeroes). This algorithm
+does not purport to precisely match the behavior of any particular other
+algorithm, only to produce a simple and satisfying result for Rust formatting.
+In particular, this algorithm aims to produce a satisfying result for a set of
+symbols that have the same number of leading zeroes, and an acceptable and
+easily understandable result for a set of symbols that has varying numbers of
+leading zeroes.
+
+As an example, version-sorting will sort the following strings in the order
+given:
+- `_ZYWX`
+- `u_zzz`
+- `u8`
+- `u16`
+- `u32`
+- `u64`
+- `u128`
+- `u256`
+- `ua`
+- `usize`
+- `uz`
+- `v000`
+- `v00`
+- `v0`
+- `v0s`
+- `v00t`
+- `v0u`
+- `v001`
+- `v01`
+- `v1`
+- `v009`
+- `v09`
+- `v9`
+- `v010`
+- `v10`
+- `w005s09t`
+- `w5s009t`
+- `x64`
+- `x86`
+- `x86_32`
+- `x86_64`
+- `x86_128`
+- `x87`
+- `Z_YWX`
+- `ZY_WX`
+- `ZYW_X`
+- `ZYWX`
+- `ZYWX_`
+
 ### [Module-level items](items.md)
 
 ### [Statements](statements.md)
diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/cargo.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/cargo.md
index d3b67ae45825d..d47d04642280f 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/cargo.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/cargo.md
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Put a blank line between the last key-value pair in a section and the header of
 the next section. Do not place a blank line between section headers and the
 key-value pairs in that section, or between key-value pairs in a section.
 
-Sort key names alphabetically within each section, with the exception of the
+Version-sort key names within each section, with the exception of the
 `[package]` section. Put the `[package]` section at the top of the file; put
 the `name` and `version` keys in that order at the top of that section,
-followed by the remaining keys other than `description` in alphabetical order,
-followed by the `description` at the end of that section.
+followed by the remaining keys other than `description` in order, followed by
+the `description` at the end of that section.
 
 Don't use quotes around any standard key names; use bare keys. Only use quoted
 keys for non-standard keys whose names require them, and avoid introducing such
diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/editions.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/editions.md
index 5c67a185b8ffa..19e62c4867c99 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/editions.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/editions.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ history of the style guide. Notable changes in the Rust 2024 style edition
 include:
 
 - Miscellaneous `rustfmt` bugfixes.
+- Use version-sort (sort `x8`, `x16`, `x32`, `x64`, `x128` in that order).
+- Change "ASCIIbetical" sort to Unicode-aware "non-lowercase before lowercase".
 
 ## Rust 2015/2018/2021 style edition
 
diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
index b215de6ad28a2..0066a4bacb956 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ an item appears at module level or within another item.
 alphabetically.
 
 `use` statements, and module *declarations* (`mod foo;`, not `mod { ... }`)
-must come before other items. Put imports before module declarations. Sort each
-alphabetically, except that `self` and `super` must come before any other
+must come before other items. Put imports before module declarations.
+Version-sort each, except that `self` and `super` must come before any other
 names.
 
 Don't automatically move module declarations annotated with `#[macro_use]`,
@@ -467,8 +467,10 @@ foo::{
 A *group* of imports is a set of imports on the same or sequential lines. One or
 more blank lines or other items (e.g., a function) separate groups of imports.
 
-Within a group of imports, imports must be sorted ASCIIbetically (uppercase
-before lowercase). Groups of imports must not be merged or re-ordered.
+Within a group of imports, imports must be version-sorted, except that
+non-lowercase characters (characters that can start an `UpperCamelCase`
+identifier) must be sorted before lowercase characters. Groups of imports must
+not be merged or re-ordered.
 
 E.g., input:
 
@@ -495,10 +497,15 @@ re-ordering.
 
 ### Ordering list import
 
-Names in a list import must be sorted ASCIIbetically, but with `self` and
-`super` first, and groups and glob imports last. This applies recursively. For
-example, `a::*` comes before `b::a` but `a::b` comes before `a::*`. E.g.,
-`use foo::bar::{a, b::c, b::d, b::d::{x, y, z}, b::{self, r, s}};`.
+Names in a list import must be version-sorted, except that:
+- `self` and `super` always come first if present,
+- non-lowercase characters (characters that can start an `UpperCamelCase`
+  identifier) must be sorted before lowercase characters, and
+- groups and glob imports always come last if present.
+
+This applies recursively. For example, `a::*` comes before `b::a` but `a::b`
+comes before `a::*`. E.g., `use foo::bar::{a, b::c, b::d, b::d::{x, y, z},
+b::{self, r, s}};`.
 
 ### Normalisation