diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 49aa77a8..432631e7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Usage
     >>> import jwt
     >>> encoded = jwt.encode({"some": "payload"}, "secret", algorithm="HS256")
     >>> print(encoded)
-    eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.Joh1R2dYzkRvDkqv3sygm5YyK8Gi4ShZqbhK2gxcs2U
+    eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.4twFt5NiznN84AWoo1d7KO1T_yoc0Z6XOpOVswacPZg
     >>> jwt.decode(encoded, "secret", algorithms=["HS256"])
     {'some': 'payload'}
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 63e67945..5cdf5654 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Example Usage
     >>> import jwt
     >>> encoded_jwt = jwt.encode({"some": "payload"}, "secret", algorithm="HS256")
     >>> print(encoded_jwt)
-    eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.Joh1R2dYzkRvDkqv3sygm5YyK8Gi4ShZqbhK2gxcs2U
+    eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.4twFt5NiznN84AWoo1d7KO1T_yoc0Z6XOpOVswacPZg
     >>> jwt.decode(encoded_jwt, "secret", algorithms=["HS256"])
     {'some': 'payload'}
 
diff --git a/jwt/api_jws.py b/jwt/api_jws.py
index 75f826da..90206c9a 100644
--- a/jwt/api_jws.py
+++ b/jwt/api_jws.py
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ def encode(
             # True is the standard value for b64, so no need for it
             del header["b64"]
 
+        # Fix for headers misorder - issue #715
         json_header = json.dumps(
-            header, separators=(",", ":"), cls=json_encoder
+            header, separators=(",", ":"), cls=json_encoder, sort_keys=True
         ).encode()
 
         segments.append(base64url_encode(json_header))