diff --git a/src/requests/status_codes.py b/src/requests/status_codes.py
index c7945a2f06..17f85fa9be 100644
--- a/src/requests/status_codes.py
+++ b/src/requests/status_codes.py
@@ -107,22 +107,17 @@
 
 
 def _init():
+    doc_lines = []
     for code, titles in _codes.items():
         for title in titles:
             setattr(codes, title, code)
             if not title.startswith(("\\", "/")):
                 setattr(codes, title.upper(), code)
-
-    def doc(code):
-        names = ", ".join(f"``{n}``" for n in _codes[code])
-        return "* %d: %s" % (code, names)
+        doc_lines.append(f"* {code}: {', '.join(f'``{title}``' for title in titles)}")
 
     global __doc__
-    __doc__ = (
-        __doc__ + "\n" + "\n".join(doc(code) for code in sorted(_codes))
-        if __doc__ is not None
-        else None
-    )
+    if __doc__ is not None:
+        __doc__ += "\n" + "\n".join(doc_lines)
 
 
 _init()