diff --git a/docs/examples/multi-uv.c b/docs/examples/multi-uv.c
index f91eb01c94800e..e1d7276630094a 100644
--- a/docs/examples/multi-uv.c
+++ b/docs/examples/multi-uv.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void add_download(const char *url, int num)
 
   handle = curl_easy_init();
   curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, file);
+  curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, file);
   curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_URL, url);
   curl_multi_add_handle(curl_handle, handle);
   fprintf(stderr, "Added download %s -> %s\n", url, filename);
@@ -101,16 +102,21 @@ static void check_multi_info(void)
   char *done_url;
   CURLMsg *message;
   int pending;
+  FILE *file;
 
   while ((message = curl_multi_info_read(curl_handle, &pending))) {
     switch (message->msg) {
     case CURLMSG_DONE:
       curl_easy_getinfo(message->easy_handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL,
                         &done_url);
+      curl_easy_getinfo(message->easy_handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &file);
       printf("%s DONE\n", done_url);
 
       curl_multi_remove_handle(curl_handle, message->easy_handle);
       curl_easy_cleanup(message->easy_handle);
+      if (file) {
+        fclose(file);
+      }
       break;
 
     default: