diff --git a/_pytest/doctest.py b/_pytest/doctest.py
index 59846a21d..e4e028535 100644
--- a/_pytest/doctest.py
+++ b/_pytest/doctest.py
@@ -295,7 +295,18 @@ def _get_allow_bytes_flag():
     return doctest.register_optionflag('ALLOW_BYTES')
 
 
+def _get_report_choices_keys():
+    """
+    Returns the report choices keys. Separate function (see just below) because this is used to declare options and
+    we can't import the doctest module at that time.
+    """
+    return ('udiff', 'cdiff', 'ndiff', 'only_first_failure', 'none', )
+
 def _get_report_choices():
+    """
+    See `_get_report_choices_keys` to understand why this strange implementation. Be careful with order, the values
+    order should be the same as the returned keys above.
+    """
     import doctest
     return dict(
         zip(
@@ -304,9 +315,6 @@ def _get_report_choices():
         )
     )
 
-def _get_report_choices_keys():
-    return ('udiff', 'cdiff', 'ndiff', 'only_first_failure', 'none', )
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def doctest_namespace():
     """