diff --git a/svc/checkouts b/svc/checkouts
index 9a1b3a5648..5bc985a564 100755
--- a/svc/checkouts
+++ b/svc/checkouts
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ while ( my $c = $sth->fetchrow_hashref() ) {
 }
 
 
-@checkouts_today = sort { $a->{timestamp} cmp $b->{timestamp} } @checkouts_today;
+@checkouts_today = sort { $a->{timestamp} cmp $b->{timestamp} } @checkouts_today;    # latest to earliest
 @checkouts_today = reverse(@checkouts_today)
-  unless ( C4::Context->preference('todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );
+  unless ( C4::Context->preference('todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );      # earliest to latest
 
-@checkouts_previous = sort { $a->{date_due} cmp $b->{date_due} } @checkouts_previous;
+@checkouts_previous = sort { $a->{date_due} cmp $b->{date_due} } @checkouts_previous;    # latest to earliest
 @checkouts_previous = reverse(@checkouts_previous)
-  if ( C4::Context->preference('previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );
+  unless ( C4::Context->preference('previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );    # earliest to latest
 
 my @checkouts = ( @checkouts_today, @checkouts_previous );