diff --git a/docs/source/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.rst b/docs/source/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.rst
index 5b8b5f50..1def51af 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.rst
+++ b/docs/source/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.rst
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 Decorator-based Subcommands
 ==========================================
 
-:func:`tyro.extras.app.command()` and :func:`tyro.extras.app.cli()` provide a
-decorator-based API for subcommands, which is inspired by `click
-<https://click.palletsprojects.com/>`_.
+:func:`tyro.extras.SubcommandApp()` provides a decorator-based API for
+subcommands, which is inspired by `click <https://click.palletsprojects.com/>`_.
 
 
 .. code-block:: python
diff --git a/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.py b/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.py
index 466b9a78..e9fc77cc 100644
--- a/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.py
+++ b/examples/04_additional/15_decorator_subcommands.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 """Decorator-based Subcommands
 
-:func:`tyro.extras.app.command()` and :func:`tyro.extras.app.cli()` provide a
-decorator-based API for subcommands, which is inspired by `click
-<https://click.palletsprojects.com/>`_.
+:func:`tyro.extras.SubcommandApp()` provides a decorator-based API for
+subcommands, which is inspired by `click <https://click.palletsprojects.com/>`_.
 
 Usage:
 `python my_script.py --help`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6191a611..71bdffb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "tyro"
 authors = [
     {name = "brentyi", email = "brentyi@berkeley.edu"},
 ]
-version = "0.8.11"  # TODO: currently needs to be synchronized manually with __init__.py.
+version = "0.8.12"  # TODO: currently needs to be synchronized manually with __init__.py.
 description = "Strongly typed, zero-effort CLI interfaces"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text="MIT" }
diff --git a/src/tyro/__init__.py b/src/tyro/__init__.py
index f876eab0..7fd0b182 100644
--- a/src/tyro/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tyro/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 
 # TODO: this should be synchronized automatically with the pyproject.toml.
-__version__ = "0.8.11"
+__version__ = "0.8.12"
diff --git a/src/tyro/extras/_subcommand_app.py b/src/tyro/extras/_subcommand_app.py
index 0a8a906f..f5497188 100644
--- a/src/tyro/extras/_subcommand_app.py
+++ b/src/tyro/extras/_subcommand_app.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def cli(
         description: Optional[str] = None,
         args: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
         use_underscores: bool = False,
-        sort_subcommands: bool = True,
+        sort_subcommands: bool = False,
     ) -> Any:
         """Run the command-line interface.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_decorator_subcommands.py b/tests/test_decorator_subcommands.py
index 422819d1..0ed47227 100644
--- a/tests/test_decorator_subcommands.py
+++ b/tests/test_decorator_subcommands.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def add(a: int, b: int) -> None:
 def test_app_just_one_cli(capsys):
     # Test: `python my_script.py --help`
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
-        app_just_one.cli(args=["--help"], sort_subcommands=False)
+        app_just_one.cli(args=["--help"])
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
     assert "usage: " in captured.out
     assert "greet" not in captured.out
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ def test_app_cli(capsys):
 
     # Test: `python my_script.py greet --help`
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
-        app.cli(args=["greet", "--help"])
+        app.cli(args=["greet", "--help"], sort_subcommands=False)
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
     assert "usage: " in captured.out
     assert "Greet someone." in captured.out
 
     # Test: `python my_script.py greet --name Alice`
-    app.cli(args=["greet", "--name", "Alice"])
+    app.cli(args=["greet", "--name", "Alice"], sort_subcommands=True)
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
     assert captured.out.strip() == "Hello, Alice!"