diff --git a/example/src/list.cpp b/example/src/list.cpp
index 858932cf..8a579e6c 100644
--- a/example/src/list.cpp
+++ b/example/src/list.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ IS_SAME(
 );
 
 IS_SAME(
-    metal::sort<metal::numbers<7, -8, -3, 2>>, // use default ordering relation
+    metal::sort<metal::numbers<7, -8, -3, 2>>, // use default ordering
     metal::sort<metal::numbers<7, -8, -3, 2>, metal::lambda<metal::less>>
 );
 /// [sort]
diff --git a/include/metal/list/sort.hpp b/include/metal/list/sort.hpp
index def77d93..c10e05f8 100644
--- a/include/metal/list/sort.hpp
+++ b/include/metal/list/sort.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ namespace metal {
     ///     using result = metal::sort<l, lbd>;
     /// \endcode
     ///
-    /// \tip{`lbd` may be omitted, in which case it defaults to `metal::lambda<metal::less>`.}
-    ///
     /// \pre: For any two \values `val_i` and `val_j` contained in `l`
     /// `metal::invoke<lbd, val_i, val_j>` returns a \number
     /// \returns: \list
@@ -45,15 +43,25 @@ namespace metal {
     ///     such that `metal::invoke<lbd, val_i, val_i+1>{} != false` for all
     ///     `i` in `[0, m-2]`.
     ///
+    /// \tip{`lbd` may be omitted, in which case it defaults to `metal::lambda<metal::less>`.}
+    ///
     /// ### Example
     /// \snippet list.cpp sort
     ///
     /// ### See Also
     /// \see list, reverse, rotate
+#if !defined(METAL_WORKAROUND)
+    template<class seq, class lbd = metal::lambda<metal::less>>
+    using sort = detail::call<
+        detail::_sort<lbd>::template type,
+        metal::if_<metal::is_list<seq>, seq>>;
+#else
+    // MSVC 14 has shabby SFINAE support in case of default alias template args
     template<class seq, class... lbd>
     using sort = detail::call<
         detail::_sort<lbd...>::template type,
         metal::if_<metal::is_list<seq>, seq>>;
+#endif
 }
 
 #include "../lambda/lambda.hpp"