diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
index 2037ea82bf..877efed593 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
@@ -6,42 +6,44 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class AlphabeticalSpecOrderer extends SpecOrderer {
-  private final boolean descending;
+  private final boolean ascending;
 
-  public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures, boolean descending) {
+  public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures, boolean ascending) {
     super(orderSpecs, orderFeatures);
-    this.descending = descending;
+    this.ascending = ascending;
   }
 
   public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures) {
-    this(orderSpecs, orderFeatures, false);
+    this(orderSpecs, orderFeatures, true);
+  }
+
+  public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer() {
+    this(true, true);
   }
 
   @Override
   protected void orderSpecs(Collection<SpecInfo> specs) {
     AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger();
     specs.stream()
-      .sorted((o1, o2) -> descending
-        ? o2.getDisplayName().compareTo(o1.getDisplayName())
-        : o1.getDisplayName().compareTo(o2.getDisplayName())
+      .sorted((o1, o2) -> ascending
+        ? o1.getDisplayName().compareTo(o2.getDisplayName())
+        : o2.getDisplayName().compareTo(o1.getDisplayName())
       )
       .forEach(specInfo -> specInfo.setExecutionOrder(i.getAndIncrement()));
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void orderFeatures(Collection<SpecInfo> specs) {
-    for (SpecInfo spec : specs) {
-      AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger();
-      spec.getAllFeatures().stream()
-        .sorted((o1, o2) -> descending
-          ? o2.getDisplayName().compareTo(o1.getDisplayName())
-          : o1.getDisplayName().compareTo(o2.getDisplayName())
-        )
-        .forEach(featureInfo -> featureInfo.setExecutionOrder(i.getAndIncrement()));
-    }
+  protected void orderFeatures(Collection<FeatureInfo> features) {
+    AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger();
+    features.stream()
+      .sorted((o1, o2) -> ascending
+        ? o1.getDisplayName().compareTo(o2.getDisplayName())
+        : o2.getDisplayName().compareTo(o1.getDisplayName())
+      )
+      .forEach(featureInfo -> featureInfo.setExecutionOrder(i.getAndIncrement()));
   }
 
-  public boolean isDescending() {
-    return descending;
+  public boolean isAscending() {
+    return ascending;
   }
 }
diff --git a/spock-specs/src/test/groovy/org/spockframework/smoke/extension/OrderExtensionSpec.groovy b/spock-specs/src/test/groovy/org/spockframework/smoke/extension/OrderExtensionSpec.groovy
index ea645135ab..f2b01a61bf 100644
--- a/spock-specs/src/test/groovy/org/spockframework/smoke/extension/OrderExtensionSpec.groovy
+++ b/spock-specs/src/test/groovy/org/spockframework/smoke/extension/OrderExtensionSpec.groovy
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class FourthSpec extends Specification {
   def 'descending, alphabetical spec and feature order'() {
     runner.configurationScript = {
       runner {
-        orderer new AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(true, true, true)
+        orderer new AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(true, true, false)
       }
     }
     runner.extensionClasses << OrderExtension