diff --git a/base/abstractdict.jl b/base/abstractdict.jl
index 85a726b4cdbf4..3be930151d4d4 100644
--- a/base/abstractdict.jl
+++ b/base/abstractdict.jl
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Return an iterator over all keys in a dictionary.
 When the keys are stored internally in a hash table,
 as is the case for `Dict`,
 the order in which they are returned may vary.
-But `keys(a)` and `values(a)` both iterate `a` and
-return the elements in the same order.
+But `keys(a)`, `values(a)` and `pairs(a)` all iterate `a`
+and return the elements in the same order.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ Return an iterator over all values in a collection.
 When the values are stored internally in a hash table,
 as is the case for `Dict`,
 the order in which they are returned may vary.
-But `keys(a)` and `values(a)` both iterate `a` and
-return the elements in the same order.
+But `keys(a)`, `values(a)` and `pairs(a)` all iterate `a`
+and return the elements in the same order.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ values(a::AbstractDict) = ValueIterator(a)
 Return an iterator over `key => value` pairs for any
 collection that maps a set of keys to a set of values.
 This includes arrays, where the keys are the array indices.
+When the entries are stored internally in a hash table,
+as is the case for `Dict`, the order in which they are returned may vary.
+But `keys(a)`, `values(a)` and `pairs(a)` all iterate `a`
+and return the elements in the same order.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
diff --git a/test/dict.jl b/test/dict.jl
index 909afb3607907..83d35ae18bb85 100644
--- a/test/dict.jl
+++ b/test/dict.jl
@@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ end
           [v for (k, v) in d] == [d[x[1]] for (i, x) in enumerate(d)]
 end
 
+@testset "consistency of dict iteration order (issue #56841)" begin
+    dict = Dict(randn() => randn() for _ = 1:100)
+    @test all(zip(dict, keys(dict), values(dict), pairs(dict))) do (d, k, v, p)
+        d == p && first(d) == first(p) == k && last(d) == last(p) == v
+    end
+end
+
 @testset "generators, similar" begin
     d = Dict(:a=>"a")
     # TODO: restore when 0.7 deprecation is removed