diff --git a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES
index 4261f20135002d07d5517683d306386ad632c62a..d1ae32dfe1f243e901a8b35e66a03eed412050ee 100644
--- a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES
+++ b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ functions.
 When making applications, always ast_strdupa(data) to a local pointer if you
 intend to parse the incoming data string.
 
-	if (data)
+	if (data) {
 		mydata = ast_strdupa(data);
-
+	}
 
 - Use the argument parsing macros to declare arguments and parse them, i.e.:
 
@@ -521,10 +521,11 @@ throughout the code to log that this has occurred.
 The functions strdup and strndup can *not* accept a NULL argument. This results
 in having code like this:
 
-	if (str)
+	if (str) {
 		newstr = strdup(str);
-	else
+	} else {
 		newstr = NULL;
+	}
 
 However, the ast_strdup and ast_strdupa functions will happily accept a NULL
 argument without generating an error.  The same code can be written as:
@@ -666,8 +667,9 @@ const char *postfix = "post";
 char *newname;
 char *name = "data";
 
-if (name && (newname = alloca(strlen(name) + strlen(prefix) + strlen(postfix) + 3)))
+if (name && (newname = alloca(strlen(name) + strlen(prefix) + strlen(postfix) + 3))) {
 	snprintf(newname, strlen(name) + strlen(prefix) + strlen(postfix) + 3, "%s/%s/%s", prefix, name, postfix);
+|
 
 ...vs this alternative:
 
@@ -677,8 +679,9 @@ char *newname;
 char *name = "data";
 int len = 0;
 
-if (name && (len = strlen(name) + strlen(prefix) + strlen(postfix) + 3) && (newname = alloca(len)))
+if (name && (len = strlen(name) + strlen(prefix) + strlen(postfix) + 3) && (newname = alloca(len))) {
 	snprintf(newname, len, "%s/%s/%s", prefix, name, postfix);
+}
 
 * Creating new manager events?
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 22bfe7e76755abb5fb59d6265d1f1f9de64838e0..4dee9da531b91ce72f3465e93cbf786afa17a686 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -3141,8 +3141,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (getenv("HOME")) 
 		snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/.asterisk_history", getenv("HOME"));
 	/* Check for options */
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "mtThfFdvVqprRgciInx:U:G:C:L:M:e:s:WB")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "BC:cde:FfG:ghIiL:M:mnpqRrs:TtU:VvWx:")) != -1) {
+		/*!\note Please keep the ordering here to alphabetical, capital letters
+		 * first.  This will make it easier in the future to select unused
+		 * option flags for new features. */
 		switch (c) {
+		case 'B': /* Force black background */
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_BLACK_BACKGROUND);
+			ast_clear_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_LIGHT_BACKGROUND);
+			break;
+		case 'C':
+			ast_copy_string(cfg_paths.config_file, optarg, sizeof(cfg_paths.config_file));
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_OVERRIDE_CONFIG);
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_CONSOLE);
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			option_debug++;
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK);
+			break;
 #if defined(HAVE_SYSINFO)
 		case 'e':
 			if ((sscanf(&optarg[1], "%30ld", &option_minmemfree) != 1) || (option_minmemfree < 0)) {
@@ -3158,88 +3176,75 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK);
 			break;
 #endif
-		case 'd':
-			option_debug++;
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK);
-			break;
-		case 'c':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_CONSOLE);
+		case 'G':
+			rungroup = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
-		case 'n':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_COLOR);
+		case 'g':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_DUMP_CORE);
 			break;
-		case 'r':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_REMOTE);
+		case 'h':
+			show_cli_help();
+			exit(0);
+		case 'I':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_INTERNAL_TIMING);
 			break;
-		case 'R':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_REMOTE | AST_OPT_FLAG_RECONNECT);
+		case 'i':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_INIT_KEYS);
 			break;
-		case 'p':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY);
+		case 'L':
+			if ((sscanf(optarg, "%30lf", &option_maxload) != 1) || (option_maxload < 0.0)) {
+				option_maxload = 0.0;
+			}
 			break;
-		case 'v':
-			option_verbose++;
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK);
+		case 'M':
+			if ((sscanf(optarg, "%30d", &option_maxcalls) != 1) || (option_maxcalls < 0)) {
+				option_maxcalls = 0;
+			}
 			break;
 		case 'm':
 			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_MUTE);
 			break;
-		case 'M':
-			if ((sscanf(optarg, "%30d", &option_maxcalls) != 1) || (option_maxcalls < 0))
-				option_maxcalls = 0;
+		case 'n':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_COLOR);
 			break;
-		case 'L':
-			if ((sscanf(optarg, "%30lf", &option_maxload) != 1) || (option_maxload < 0.0))
-				option_maxload = 0.0;
+		case 'p':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY);
 			break;
 		case 'q':
 			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_QUIET);
 			break;
-		case 't':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_CACHE_RECORD_FILES);
-			break;
-		case 'T':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_TIMESTAMP);
+		case 'R':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_REMOTE | AST_OPT_FLAG_RECONNECT);
 			break;
-		case 'x':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC);
-			xarg = ast_strdupa(optarg);
+		case 'r':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK | AST_OPT_FLAG_REMOTE);
 			break;
-		case 'C':
-			ast_copy_string(cfg_paths.config_file, optarg, sizeof(cfg_paths.config_file));
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_OVERRIDE_CONFIG);
+		case 's':
+			remotesock = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
-		case 'I':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_INTERNAL_TIMING);
+		case 'T':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_TIMESTAMP);
 			break;
-		case 'i':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_INIT_KEYS);
+		case 't':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_CACHE_RECORD_FILES);
 			break;
-		case 'g':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_DUMP_CORE);
+		case 'U':
+			runuser = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
-		case 'h':
-			show_cli_help();
-			exit(0);
 		case 'V':
 			show_version();
 			exit(0);
-		case 'U':
-			runuser = ast_strdupa(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 'G':
-			rungroup = ast_strdupa(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 's':
-			remotesock = ast_strdupa(optarg);
+		case 'v':
+			option_verbose++;
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK);
 			break;
 		case 'W': /* White background */
 			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_LIGHT_BACKGROUND);
 			ast_clear_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_BLACK_BACKGROUND);
 			break;
-		case 'B': /* Force black background */
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_BLACK_BACKGROUND);
-			ast_clear_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_LIGHT_BACKGROUND);
+		case 'x':
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC);
+			xarg = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
 		case '?':
 			exit(1);