From a788b594667fe2c71f8c18ba61ffcf86d3a9c85b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksim Lin <maks@manichord.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 18:00:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] add docs for sort order for lists

---
 README.md | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ce8861..324382f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,18 +182,16 @@ Listing files are in yaml format with the following parameters supported: `path`
 
 The `path` is a path relative to `.dsg/html/_content`.
 The `filter` specifies which files to list within the given path.
-The `sort_by` specifies a property.
+The `sort_by` specifies a property **AND** the `ASC` or `DESC`.
 
-eg.
+eg. to sort in chronological descending order based on a front-matter property called `pub_date`
 
 ```yaml
 path: blog
 filter: "*.md"
-sort_by: lastModified
+sort_by: pub_date DESC
 ```
 
-**note:** `sortby` not yet implemented.
-
 **DSG** injects your listings into a global `_lists` variable. For each file all of the files YAML front-matter properties are available along with the files:
 
 * `filename`:  the files name without extension.