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@@ -735,10 +735,12 @@ frequently.</p>
 
 <h4 id="Declaration_Order" class="numbered">Declaration Order</h4>
 
-<p>Alphabetize declarations.</p>
+<p>Alphabetize declarations (optional).</p>
 
-<p>Put declarations in alphabetical order in order to
-achieve consistent code in a way that is easy to remember and maintain.</p>
+<p>Sort declarations consistently within a project. In the absence of tooling to
+automate and enforce a consistent sort order, consider putting declarations in
+alphabetical order in order to achieve consistent code in a way that is easy to
+learn, remember, and manually maintain.</p>
 
 <p>Ignore vendor-specific prefixes for sorting purposes. However, multiple
 vendor-specific prefixes for a certain CSS property should be kept sorted (e.g.