diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/ini.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/ini.py
index 4403b69393b..f2449edafc0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/ini.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/ini.py
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 - debug:
     msg: "{{ item }}"
   with_ini:
-    - value[1-2]
-    - section: section1
-    - file: "lookup.ini"
-    - re: true
+    - '.* section=section1 file=test.ini re=True'
 """
 
 RETURN = """
@@ -130,13 +127,15 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 for param in params[1:]:
                     name, value = param.split('=')
                     if name not in paramvals:
-                        raise AnsibleAssertionError('%s not in paramvals' % name)
+                        raise AnsibleAssertionError('%s not in paramvals' %
+                                                    name)
                     paramvals[name] = value
             except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
                 raise AnsibleError(e)
 
             # Retrieve file path
-            path = self.find_file_in_search_path(variables, 'files', paramvals['file'])
+            path = self.find_file_in_search_path(variables, 'files',
+                                                 paramvals['file'])
 
             # Create StringIO later used to parse ini
             config = StringIO()
@@ -147,12 +146,14 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
 
             # Open file using encoding
             contents, show_data = self._loader._get_file_contents(path)
-            contents = to_text(contents, errors='surrogate_or_strict', encoding=paramvals['encoding'])
+            contents = to_text(contents, errors='surrogate_or_strict',
+                               encoding=paramvals['encoding'])
             config.write(contents)
             config.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
 
             self.cp.readfp(config)
-            var = self.get_value(key, paramvals['section'], paramvals['default'], paramvals['re'])
+            var = self.get_value(key, paramvals['section'],
+                                 paramvals['default'], paramvals['re'])
             if var is not None:
                 if isinstance(var, MutableSequence):
                     for v in var:
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_ini.py b/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_ini.py
index eaa800166be..3902dd29b0e 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_ini.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_ini.py
@@ -31,27 +31,27 @@ class TestINILookup(unittest.TestCase):
         # Simple case
         dict(
             term=u'keyA section=sectionA file=/path/to/file',
-            expected=[u'keyA', u'section=sectionA', u'file=/path/to/file'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/to/file', u'keyA', u'section=sectionA'],
         ),
         dict(
             term=u'keyB section=sectionB with space file=/path/with/embedded spaces and/file',
-            expected=[u'keyB', u'section=sectionB with space', u'file=/path/with/embedded spaces and/file'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/with/embedded spaces and/file', u'keyB', u'section=sectionB with space'],
         ),
         dict(
             term=u'keyC section=sectionC file=/path/with/equals/cn=com.ansible',
-            expected=[u'keyC', u'section=sectionC', u'file=/path/with/equals/cn=com.ansible'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/with/equals/cn=com.ansible', u'keyC', u'section=sectionC'],
         ),
         dict(
             term=u'keyD section=sectionD file=/path/with space and/equals/cn=com.ansible',
-            expected=[u'keyD', u'section=sectionD', u'file=/path/with space and/equals/cn=com.ansible'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/with space and/equals/cn=com.ansible', u'keyD', u'section=sectionD'],
         ),
         dict(
             term=u'keyE section=sectionE file=/path/with/unicode/くらとみ/file',
-            expected=[u'keyE', u'section=sectionE', u'file=/path/with/unicode/くらとみ/file'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/with/unicode/くらとみ/file', u'keyE', u'section=sectionE'],
         ),
         dict(
             term=u'keyF section=sectionF file=/path/with/utf 8 and spaces/くらとみ/file',
-            expected=[u'keyF', u'section=sectionF', u'file=/path/with/utf 8 and spaces/くらとみ/file'],
+            expected=[u'file=/path/with/utf 8 and spaces/くらとみ/file', u'keyF', u'section=sectionF'],
         ),
     )
 
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ class TestINILookup(unittest.TestCase):
         for testcase in self.old_style_params_data:
             # print(testcase)
             params = _parse_params(testcase['term'])
+            params.sort()
             self.assertEqual(params, testcase['expected'])