diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
index e5358ec19..88715a86e 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
@@ -525,10 +525,10 @@ func (h *HugoSites) createMissingPages() error {
 
 		first.AllPages = append(first.AllPages, newPages...)
 
-		first.AllPages.Sort()
+		first.AllPages.sort()
 
 		for _, s := range h.Sites {
-			s.Pages.Sort()
+			s.Pages.sort()
 		}
 
 		for i := 1; i < len(h.Sites); i++ {
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func (h *HugoSites) setupTranslations() {
 		allPages = append(allPages, s.Pages...)
 	}
 
-	allPages.Sort()
+	allPages.sort()
 
 	for _, s := range h.Sites {
 		s.AllPages = allPages
diff --git a/hugolib/pageSort.go b/hugolib/pageSort.go
index dfd17b2b0..92b767ffe 100644
--- a/hugolib/pageSort.go
+++ b/hugolib/pageSort.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 package hugolib
 
 import (
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
@@ -98,6 +100,12 @@ func (ps *pageSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return ps.by(ps.pages[i], ps.pages[j
 // Sort sorts the pages by the default sort order defined:
 // Order by Weight, Date, LinkTitle and then full file path.
 func (p Pages) Sort() {
+	// Remove in Hugo 0.51
+	helpers.Deprecated("Pages", "Sort", "Use .ByWeight", false)
+	p.sort()
+}
+
+func (p Pages) sort() {
 	pageBy(defaultPageSort).Sort(p)
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/pageSort_test.go b/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
index f842ecd78..bc4be1cb0 100644
--- a/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@ func TestDefaultSort(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// first by weight
 	setSortVals([4]time.Time{d1, d2, d3, d4}, [4]string{"b", "a", "c", "d"}, [4]int{4, 3, 2, 1}, p)
-	p.Sort()
+	p.sort()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, p[0].Weight)
 
 	// Consider zero weight, issue #2673
 	setSortVals([4]time.Time{d1, d2, d3, d4}, [4]string{"b", "a", "d", "c"}, [4]int{0, 0, 0, 1}, p)
-	p.Sort()
+	p.sort()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, p[0].Weight)
 
 	// next by date
 	setSortVals([4]time.Time{d3, d4, d1, d2}, [4]string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}, [4]int{1, 1, 1, 1}, p)
-	p.Sort()
+	p.sort()
 	assert.Equal(t, d1, p[0].Date)
 
 	// finally by link title
 	setSortVals([4]time.Time{d3, d3, d3, d3}, [4]string{"b", "c", "a", "d"}, [4]int{1, 1, 1, 1}, p)
-	p.Sort()
+	p.sort()
 	assert.Equal(t, "al", p[0].LinkTitle())
 	assert.Equal(t, "bl", p[1].LinkTitle())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cl", p[2].LinkTitle())
diff --git a/hugolib/page_bundler.go b/hugolib/page_bundler.go
index fc135f6b7..6870dc152 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_bundler.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_bundler.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *siteContentProcessor) process(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.site.rawAllPages.Sort()
+	s.site.rawAllPages.sort()
 
 	return nil
 
diff --git a/hugolib/pages_language_merge.go b/hugolib/pages_language_merge.go
index ef87ac9cb..8bbae9a12 100644
--- a/hugolib/pages_language_merge.go
+++ b/hugolib/pages_language_merge.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (p1 Pages) MergeByLanguage(p2 Pages) Pages {
 			}
 		}
 
-		pages.Sort()
+		pages.sort()
 	}
 
 	out, _ := spc.getP("pages.MergeByLanguage", merge, p1, p2)
diff --git a/hugolib/site_sections.go b/hugolib/site_sections.go
index 15b96e1a7..d27b31614 100644
--- a/hugolib/site_sections.go
+++ b/hugolib/site_sections.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (s *Site) assembleSections() Pages {
 
 	for _, sect := range sectionPages {
 		if sect.parent != nil {
-			sect.parent.subSections.Sort()
+			sect.parent.subSections.sort()
 		}
 
 		for i, p := range sect.Pages {
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (s *Site) assembleSections() Pages {
 }
 
 func (p *Page) setPagePages(pages Pages) {
-	pages.Sort()
+	pages.sort()
 	p.Pages = pages
 	p.data = make(map[string]interface{})
 	p.data["Pages"] = pages