diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 7c220ad68d..281719c794 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,50 +1,53 @@
-# Please keep these options sorted alphabetically.
-
-option('check_includes', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
-       'build "chkincs" to verify each header file can compile alone')
-option('cpu_instruction_set', type: 'string', value: 'auto',
-	description: 'Set the target machine ISA (instruction set architecture). Will be set according to the platform option by default.')
-option('developer_mode', type: 'feature', description:
-       'turn on additional build checks relevant for DPDK developers')
-option('disable_drivers', type: 'string', value: '', description:
-       'Comma-separated list of drivers to explicitly disable.')
-option('disable_libs', type: 'string', value: '', description:
-       'Comma-separated list of libraries to explicitly disable. [NOTE: not all libs can be disabled]')
+# general compilation tuning
+option('platform', type: 'string', value: 'native', description:
+       'Platform to build, either "native", "generic" or a SoC. Please refer to the Linux build guide for more information.')
+option('cpu_instruction_set', type: 'string', value: 'auto', description:
+       'Set the target machine ISA (instruction set architecture). Will be set according to the platform option by default.')
+option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'auto', description:
+       'Alias of cpu_instruction_set.')
+option('include_subdir_arch', type: 'string', value: '', description:
+       'Subdirectory where to install arch-dependent headers.')
 option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/pmds-<VERSION>', description:
        'Subdirectory of libdir where to install PMDs. Defaults to using a versioned subdirectory.')
-option('enable_docs', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
-       'build documentation')
+option('disable_libs', type: 'string', value: '', description:
+       'Comma-separated list of libraries to explicitly disable. [NOTE: not all libs can be disabled]')
+option('disable_drivers', type: 'string', value: '', description:
+       'Comma-separated list of drivers to explicitly disable.')
 option('enable_drivers', type: 'string', value: '', description:
        'Comma-separated list of drivers to build. If unspecified, build all drivers.')
 option('enable_driver_sdk', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
        'Install headers to build drivers.')
 option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
-       'build kernel modules')
-option('examples', type: 'string', value: '', description:
-       'Comma-separated list of examples to build by default')
-option('flexran_sdk', type: 'string', value: '', description:
-       'Path to FlexRAN SDK optional Libraries for BBDEV device')
-option('ibverbs_link', type: 'combo', choices : ['static', 'shared', 'dlopen'], value: 'shared', description:
-       'Linkage method (static/shared/dlopen) for Mellanox PMDs with ibverbs dependencies.')
-option('include_subdir_arch', type: 'string', value: '', description:
-       'subdirectory where to install arch-dependent headers')
+       'Build kernel modules.')
 option('kernel_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description:
        'Path to the kernel for building kernel modules. Headers must be in $kernel_dir or $kernel_dir/build. Modules will be installed in /lib/modules.')
-option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'auto', description:
-       'Alias of cpu_instruction_set.')
-option('max_ethports', type: 'integer', value: 32, description:
-       'maximum number of Ethernet devices')
-option('max_lcores', type: 'string', value: 'default', description:
-       'Set maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL; "default" is different per-arch, "detect" detects the number of cores on the build machine.')
+option('enable_docs', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
+       'Build documentation.')
+option('examples', type: 'string', value: '', description:
+       'Comma-separated list of examples to build by default.')
+option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true, description:
+       'Build unit tests.')
+option('developer_mode', type: 'feature', description:
+       'Turn on additional build checks relevant for DPDK developers.')
+option('check_includes', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
+       'Build chkincs to verify each header file can compile alone.')
+
+# library-specific options
 option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'string', value: 'default', description:
        'Set the highest NUMA node supported by EAL; "default" is different per-arch, "detect" detects the highest NUMA node on the build machine.')
+option('max_lcores', type: 'string', value: 'default', description:
+       'Set maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL; "default" is different per-arch, "detect" detects the number of cores on the build machine.')
 option('mbuf_refcnt_atomic', type: 'boolean', value: true, description:
        'Atomically access the mbuf refcnt.')
-option('platform', type: 'string', value: 'native', description:
-       'Platform to build, either "native", "generic" or a SoC. Please refer to the Linux build guide for more information.')
-option('enable_trace_fp', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
-       'enable fast path trace points.')
-option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true, description:
-       'build unit tests')
+option('max_ethports', type: 'integer', value: 32, description:
+       'Maximum number of Ethernet devices.')
 option('use_hpet', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
-       'use HPET timer in EAL')
+       'Use HPET timer in EAL.')
+option('enable_trace_fp', type: 'boolean', value: false, description:
+       'Enable fast path trace points.')
+
+# driver-specific options
+option('flexran_sdk', type: 'string', value: '', description:
+       'Path to FlexRAN SDK optional libraries for bbdev driver.')
+option('ibverbs_link', type: 'combo', choices : ['static', 'shared', 'dlopen'], value: 'shared', description:
+       'Linkage method (static/shared/dlopen) for Mellanox PMDs with ibverbs dependencies.')
