diff -r 86b59ac81111 -r 5495adb59c67 Lib/cProfile.py
--- a/Lib/cProfile.py	Mon Feb 09 08:10:32 2015 +0100
+++ b/Lib/cProfile.py	Mon Feb 09 13:01:37 2015 +0100
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 # ____________________________________________________________
 
 def main():
-    import os, sys
+    import os,pstats, sys
     from optparse import OptionParser
     usage = "cProfile.py [-o output_file_path] [-s sort] scriptfile [arg] ..."
     parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
         help="Save stats to <outfile>", default=None)
     parser.add_option('-s', '--sort', dest="sort",
         help="Sort order when printing to stdout, based on pstats.Stats class",
-        default=-1)
+        default=-1,
+        choices=pstats.Stats.sort_arg_dict_default.keys())
 
     if not sys.argv[1:]:
         parser.print_usage()