diff --git a/docs/MESSAGE_TYPES.md b/docs/MESSAGE_TYPES.md
index e69b8c3d6f..e9258c8f32 100644
--- a/docs/MESSAGE_TYPES.md
+++ b/docs/MESSAGE_TYPES.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Rust types as well as `cosmwasm_std` types and how they are encoded in JSON.
 | [Binary]            | string containing base64 data             | `"MTIzCg=="`                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | [HexBinary]         | string containing hex data                | `"b5d7d24e428c"`                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | [Timestamp]         | string containing nanoseconds since epoch | `"1677687687000000000"`                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| [Order]             | string containing order variant           | `"ascending"` or `"descending"`                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 
 [uint64]: https://docs.rs/cosmwasm-std/1.3.3/cosmwasm_std/struct.Uint64.html
 [uint128]: https://docs.rs/cosmwasm-std/1.3.3/cosmwasm_std/struct.Uint128.html
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ Rust types as well as `cosmwasm_std` types and how they are encoded in JSON.
   https://docs.rs/cosmwasm-std/1.3.3/cosmwasm_std/struct.HexBinary.html
 [timestamp]:
   https://docs.rs/cosmwasm-std/1.3.3/cosmwasm_std/struct.Timestamp.html
+[order]: https://docs.rs/cosmwasm-std/1.3.3/cosmwasm_std/enum.Order.html
 [dev-note-4]:
   https://medium.com/cosmwasm/dev-note-4-u128-i128-serialization-in-cosmwasm-90cb76784d44
 
diff --git a/packages/std/src/iterator.rs b/packages/std/src/iterator.rs
index 4f39c2bcfc..41f043a093 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/iterator.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/iterator.rs
@@ -33,3 +33,29 @@ impl From<Order> for i32 {
         original as _
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::{from_json, to_json_vec};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn order_serde() {
+        let ascending_bytes = br#""ascending""#;
+        let descending_bytes = br#""descending""#;
+
+        assert_eq!(to_json_vec(&Order::Ascending).unwrap(), ascending_bytes);
+        assert_eq!(to_json_vec(&Order::Descending).unwrap(), descending_bytes);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            from_json::<Order>(ascending_bytes).unwrap(),
+            Order::Ascending
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            from_json::<Order>(descending_bytes).unwrap(),
+            Order::Descending
+        );
+    }
+}