diff --git a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
index ca461ef..72f1341 100644
--- a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ class (Functor query, Applicative query, Monad query) =>
   groupBy :: (ToSomeValues expr a) => a -> query ()
 
   -- | @ORDER BY@ clause. See also 'asc' and 'desc'.
+  --
+  -- Multiple calls to 'orderBy' get concatenated on the final
+  -- query, including 'distinctOnOrderBy'.
   orderBy :: [expr OrderBy] -> query ()
 
   -- | Ascending order of this field or expression.
diff --git a/test/Test.hs b/test/Test.hs
index a6184b7..3026730 100644
--- a/test/Test.hs
+++ b/test/Test.hs
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ main = do
                  return p
           liftIO $ ret `shouldBe` [ p1e, p3e, p2e ]
 
-      it "works with two ASC fields" $
+      it "works with two ASC fields (one call)" $
         run $ do
           p1e <- insert' p1
           p2e <- insert' p2
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ main = do
           liftIO $ ret `shouldBe` [ p2e, p4e, p3e, p1e ]
 #endif
 
-      it "works with one ASC and one DESC field" $
+      it "works with one ASC and one DESC field (two calls)" $
         run $ do
           p1e <- insert' p1
           p2e <- insert' p2
@@ -732,7 +732,8 @@ main = do
           p4e <- insert' p4
           ret <- select $
                  from $ \p -> do
-                 orderBy [desc (p ^. PersonAge), asc (p ^. PersonName)]
+                 orderBy [desc (p ^. PersonAge)]
+                 orderBy [asc (p ^. PersonName)]
                  return p
 #ifdef WITH_POSTGRESQL
           liftIO $ ret `shouldBe` [ p2e, p1e, p4e, p3e ]