diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
index ae21eebe0..18aa99f96 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
@@ -1278,9 +1278,9 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(base_client.HTTPClient):
                 'storage_protocol': 'iSCSI',
                 'properties': {
                     'compression': {
-                        'title': 'Compression',
-                        'description': 'Enables compression.',
-                        'type': 'boolean'},
+                        u'title': u'Compression',
+                        u'description': u'Enables compression.',
+                        u'type': u'boolean'},
                 }
             }
         )
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index dc2c14e4e..9a5d7c582 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -2375,7 +2375,8 @@ def do_get_capabilities(cs, args):
 
     prop = infos.pop('properties', None)
     utils.print_dict(infos, "Volume stats")
-    utils.print_dict(prop, "Backend properties")
+    utils.print_dict(prop, "Backend properties",
+                     formatters=sorted(prop.keys()))
 
 
 @utils.arg('volume',