diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/dict_iter_missing_items.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/dict_iter_missing_items.rs
index 2af5085d8991f..1fa2fe15d938b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/dict_iter_missing_items.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/dict_iter_missing_items.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,22 @@ use crate::checkers::ast::Checker;
 ///
 /// for city, population in data.items():
 ///     print(f"{city} has population {population}.")
+///
+/// ## Known problems
+/// If the dictionary key is a tuple, e.g.:
+///
+/// ```python
+/// d = {(1, 2): 3, (3, 4): 5}
+/// for x, y in d:
+///     print(x, y)
 /// ```
+///
+/// The tuple key is unpacked into `x` and `y` instead of the key and values. This means that
+/// the suggested fix of using `d.items()` would result in different runtime behavior. Ruff
+/// cannot consistently infer the type of a dictionary's keys.
+///
+/// ## Fix safety
+/// Due to the known problem with tuple keys, this fix is unsafe.
 #[violation]
 pub struct DictIterMissingItems;
 
@@ -48,6 +63,7 @@ impl AlwaysFixableViolation for DictIterMissingItems {
     }
 }
 
+/// PLE1141
 pub(crate) fn dict_iter_missing_items(checker: &mut Checker, target: &Expr, iter: &Expr) {
     let Expr::Tuple(tuple) = target else {
         return;
@@ -78,7 +94,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dict_iter_missing_items(checker: &mut Checker, target: &Expr, iter
     }
 
     let mut diagnostic = Diagnostic::new(DictIterMissingItems, iter.range());
-    diagnostic.set_fix(Fix::safe_edit(Edit::range_replacement(
+    diagnostic.set_fix(Fix::unsafe_edit(Edit::range_replacement(
         format!("{}.items()", name.id),
         iter.range(),
     )));
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/snapshots/ruff_linter__rules__pylint__tests__PLE1141_dict_iter_missing_items.py.snap b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/snapshots/ruff_linter__rules__pylint__tests__PLE1141_dict_iter_missing_items.py.snap
index 34684ce92dac2..db90e1a686e01 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/snapshots/ruff_linter__rules__pylint__tests__PLE1141_dict_iter_missing_items.py.snap
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/snapshots/ruff_linter__rules__pylint__tests__PLE1141_dict_iter_missing_items.py.snap
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dict_iter_missing_items.py:13:13: PLE1141 [*] Unpacking a dictionary in iteratio
    |
    = help: Add a call to `.items()`
 
-ℹ Safe fix
+ℹ Unsafe fix
 10 10 | s2 = {1, 2, 3}
 11 11 | 
 12 12 | # Errors
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dict_iter_missing_items.py:16:13: PLE1141 [*] Unpacking a dictionary in iteratio
    |
    = help: Add a call to `.items()`
 
-ℹ Safe fix
+ℹ Unsafe fix
 13 13 | for k, v in d:
 14 14 |     pass
 15 15 | 
@@ -38,6 +38,4 @@ dict_iter_missing_items.py:16:13: PLE1141 [*] Unpacking a dictionary in iteratio
    16 |+for k, v in d_tuple_incorrect_tuple.items():
 17 17 |     pass
 18 18 | 
-19 19 | 
-
-
+19 19 |