diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst
index 7fb4fc8..559a122 100644
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following classes:
                       dialect='excel', *args, **kwds)
 
    Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the
-   information read into a dict whose keys are given by the optional
+   information read into an :class:`OrderedDict` whose keys are given by the optional
    *fieldnames* parameter.  The *fieldnames* parameter is a :mod:`sequence
    <collections.abc>` whose elements are associated with the fields of the
    input data in order. These elements become the keys of the resulting
-   dictionary.  If the *fieldnames* parameter is omitted, the values in the
-   first row of the *csvfile* will be used as the fieldnames.  If the row read
+   dictionary, with the ordering in which they appear in *fieldnames*.
+
+   If the *fieldnames* parameter is omitted, the values in the
+   first row of the *csvfile* will be used as the fieldnames, in the order
+   that they appear in that row.  If the row read
    has more fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining data is added as
    a sequence keyed by the value of *restkey*.  If the row read has fewer
    fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining keys take the value of
diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index 90461db..2e2303a 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from _csv import Error, __version__, writer, reader, register_dialect, \
                  __doc__
 from _csv import Dialect as _Dialect
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from io import StringIO
 
 __all__ = ["QUOTE_MINIMAL", "QUOTE_ALL", "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC", "QUOTE_NONE",
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class DictReader:
         # values
         while row == []:
             row = next(self.reader)
-        d = dict(zip(self.fieldnames, row))
+        d = OrderedDict(zip(self.fieldnames, row))
         lf = len(self.fieldnames)
         lr = len(row)
         if lf < lr: