diff --git a/tuf/repo/signercli.py b/tuf/repo/signercli.py
index 1618d35f..5c308095 100755
--- a/tuf/repo/signercli.py
+++ b/tuf/repo/signercli.py
@@ -1261,9 +1261,11 @@ def _update_parent_metadata(metadata_directory, delegated_role, delegated_keyids
 
   if role_index is None:
     # Append role to the end of the list of delegated roles.
+    logger.info('Appending role '+delegated_role+' to '+parent_role)
     roles.append(role_metadata)
   else:
     # Update role with the same name.
+    logger.info('Replacing role '+delegated_role+' in '+parent_role)
     roles[role_index] = role_metadata
 
   delegations['roles'] = roles
diff --git a/tuf/repo/signerlib.py b/tuf/repo/signerlib.py
index 5b8580d9..6eb88146 100755
--- a/tuf/repo/signerlib.py
+++ b/tuf/repo/signerlib.py
@@ -1148,10 +1148,10 @@ def build_delegated_role_file(delegated_targets_directory, delegated_keyids,
                               delegation_role_name):
   """
   <Purpose>
-    Build the targets metadata file using the signing keys in 'targets_keyids'.
-    The generated metadata file is saved to 'metadata_directory'.  The target
-    files located in 'targets_directory' will be tracked by the built targets
-    metadata.
+    Build the targets metadata file using the signing keys in
+    'delegated_keyids'.  The generated metadata file is saved to
+    'metadata_directory'.  The target files located in 'targets_directory' will
+    be tracked by the built targets metadata.
 
   <Arguments>
     delegated_targets_directory:
diff --git a/tuf/roledb.py b/tuf/roledb.py
index feb44265..f6446731 100755
--- a/tuf/roledb.py
+++ b/tuf/roledb.py
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ def get_delegated_rolenames(rolename):
     None.
 
   <Returns>
-    A list of rolenames.
+    A list of rolenames. Note that the rolenames are *NOT* sorted by order of
+    delegation!
 
   """
 
diff --git a/tuf/tests/test_signercli.py b/tuf/tests/test_signercli.py
index ee36baa3..97a56f25 100755
--- a/tuf/tests/test_signercli.py
+++ b/tuf/tests/test_signercli.py
@@ -1468,8 +1468,13 @@ def _mock_get_keyids(junk):
     parent_role_file = os.path.join(meta_dir, parent_role+'.txt')
     signable = signerlib.read_metadata_file(parent_role_file)
     delegated_rolename = parent_role+'/'+delegated_role
-    threshold = signable['signed']['delegations']['roles']\
-                        [delegated_rolename]['threshold']
+
+    roles = signable['signed']['delegations']['roles']
+    role_index = signerlib.find_delegated_role(roles, delegated_rolename)
+    self.assertIsNotNone(role_index)
+    role = roles[role_index]
+
+    threshold = role['threshold']
     self.assertTrue(threshold == 2)
 
     # RESTORE