diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ScaladocIndexer.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ScaladocIndexer.scala
index fb2f9703a92..98d75602634 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ScaladocIndexer.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ScaladocIndexer.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ScaladocIndexer(
     // Register `@define` macros to use for expanding in later docstrings.
     defines ++= ScaladocParser.extractDefines(docstring)
     val comment = ScaladocParser.parseComment(docstring, defines)
-    val markdown = MarkdownGenerator.toMarkdown(comment)
+    val markdown = MarkdownGenerator.toMarkdown(comment, docstring)
     def param(name: String, default: String): SymbolDocumentation = {
       val paramDoc = comment.valueParams
         .get(name)
diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/docstrings/MarkdownGenerator.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/docstrings/MarkdownGenerator.scala
index 6f0ffadfdad..80170414f46 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/docstrings/MarkdownGenerator.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/docstrings/MarkdownGenerator.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object MarkdownGenerator {
       docstring: String,
       defines: collection.Map[String, String]
   ): String = {
-    toMarkdown(ScaladocParser.parseComment(docstring, defines))
+    toMarkdown(ScaladocParser.parseComment(docstring, defines), docstring)
   }
 
   def toMarkdown(b: Body): String = {
@@ -36,7 +36,23 @@ object MarkdownGenerator {
       .mkString
   }
 
-  def toMarkdown(c: Comment): String = {
+  def toMarkdown(c: Comment, docstring: String): String = {
+    def sortInSection(
+        section: String,
+        items: Seq[(String, Body)]
+    ): Seq[(String, Body)] = {
+      val sectionIdx = docstring.indexOf("@" + section)
+      if (sectionIdx >= 0) {
+        val sectionString =
+          docstring.substring(sectionIdx).replaceAll("\\s+", " ")
+        items.sortBy { case (key, _) =>
+          sectionString.indexOf(s"@$section $key")
+        }
+      } else {
+        items
+      }
+    }
+
     Seq(
       toMarkdown(c.body),
       if (c.constructor.nonEmpty)
@@ -62,7 +78,7 @@ object MarkdownGenerator {
       else "",
       if (c.typeParams.nonEmpty)
         "\n**Type Parameters**\n" +
-          c.typeParams
+          sortInSection("tparam", c.typeParams.toSeq)
             .map(tuple =>
               s"- `${tuple._1}`: " + blocksToMarkdown(tuple._2.blocks)
             )
@@ -70,7 +86,7 @@ object MarkdownGenerator {
       else
         "",
       if (c.valueParams.nonEmpty)
-        "\n**Parameters**\n" + c.valueParams
+        "\n**Parameters**\n" + sortInSection("param", c.valueParams.toSeq)
           .map(tuple =>
             s"- `${tuple._1}`: " + blocksToMarkdown(tuple._2.blocks)
           )
@@ -83,7 +99,7 @@ object MarkdownGenerator {
           .mkString("\n")
       else "",
       if (c.throws.nonEmpty)
-        "\n**Throws**\n" + c.throws
+        "\n**Throws**\n" + sortInSection("throws", c.throws.toSeq)
           .map(tuple =>
             s"- `${tuple._1}`: " + tuple._2.summary
               .map(inlineToMarkdown)
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/JavadocSuite.scala b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/JavadocSuite.scala
index e160ee01e1a..e6f32d9f22a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/JavadocSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/JavadocSuite.scala
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ class JavadocSuite extends BaseSuite {
         |[#javadoc](#javadoc)
         |
         |**Parameters**
-        |- `name`: the location of the image, relative to the url argument
         |- `url`: an absolute URL giving the base location of the image
+        |- `name`: the location of the image, relative to the url argument
         |
         |**Returns:** the image at the specified URL
         |
@@ -177,6 +177,48 @@ class JavadocSuite extends BaseSuite {
         |- [Image](Image)""".stripMargin,
   )
 
+  check(
+    "method2",
+    s"""/**
+       | * Description of the method
+       |
+       | {@linkplain #javadoc}
+       |
+       | *
+       | * @param  param1  description of param1
+       | * @param  param2  description of param2
+       | * @param  param3  description of param3
+       | * @tparam T1 description of T1
+       | * @tparam T2 description of T2
+       | * @return      the image at the specified URL
+       | * @throws IOException when stuff hapend
+       | * @throws IllegalArgumentException when other stuff hapend
+       | * @see         Image
+       | */""".stripMargin,
+    """|Description of the method
+       |
+       |[#javadoc](#javadoc)
+       |
+       |**Type Parameters**
+       |- `T1`: description of T1
+       |- `T2`: description of T2
+       |
+       |**Parameters**
+       |- `param1`: description of param1
+       |- `param2`: description of param2
+       |- `param3`: description of param3
+       |
+       |**Returns:** the image at the specified URL
+       |
+       |**Throws**
+       |- `IOException`: 
+       |- `IllegalArgumentException`: 
+       |
+       |**See**
+       |- [Image](Image)
+       |""".stripMargin,
+  )
+
   check(
     "complex",
     """/**