diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst
index c664a83d30..fe434ae616 100644
--- a/docs/user/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst
@@ -399,11 +399,12 @@ upload image files to an HTML form with a multiple file field 'images'::
 To do that, just set files to a list of tuples of ``(form_field_name, file_info)``::
 
     >>> url = 'https://httpbin.org/post'
-    >>> multiple_files = [
-    ...     ('images', ('foo.png', open('foo.png', 'rb'), 'image/png')),
-    ...     ('images', ('bar.png', open('bar.png', 'rb'), 'image/png'))]
-    >>> r = requests.post(url, files=multiple_files)
-    >>> r.text
+    >>> with open('foo.png', 'rb') as fd1, open('bar.png', 'rb') as fd2:
+    ...     multiple_files = [
+    ...         ('images', ('foo.png', fd1, 'image/png')),
+    ...         ('images', ('bar.png', fd2, 'image/png'))]
+    ...     r = requests.post(url, files=multiple_files)
+    ...     r.text
     {
       ...
       'files': {'images': 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw ....'}
diff --git a/docs/user/quickstart.rst b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
index 7fac5ce735..cce3934fde 100644
--- a/docs/user/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
@@ -303,10 +303,11 @@ POST a Multipart-Encoded File
 Requests makes it simple to upload Multipart-encoded files::
 
     >>> url = 'https://httpbin.org/post'
-    >>> files = {'file': open('report.xls', 'rb')}
+    >>> with open('report.xls', 'rb') as fd:
+    ...     files = {'file': fd}
 
-    >>> r = requests.post(url, files=files)
-    >>> r.text
+    ...     r = requests.post(url, files=files)
+    ...     r.text
     {
       ...
       "files": {
@@ -318,10 +319,11 @@ Requests makes it simple to upload Multipart-encoded files::
 You can set the filename, content_type and headers explicitly::
 
     >>> url = 'https://httpbin.org/post'
-    >>> files = {'file': ('report.xls', open('report.xls', 'rb'), 'application/vnd.ms-excel', {'Expires': '0'})}
+    >>> with open('report.xls', 'rb') as fd:
+    ...     files = {'file': ('report.xls', fd, 'application/vnd.ms-excel', {'Expires': '0'})}
 
-    >>> r = requests.post(url, files=files)
-    >>> r.text
+    ...     r = requests.post(url, files=files)
+    ...     r.text
     {
       ...
       "files": {