diff --git a/docs/guide/gridfs.rst b/docs/guide/gridfs.rst
index 6e4a75a5..0baf88e0 100644
--- a/docs/guide/gridfs.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/gridfs.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ In the following example, a document is created to store details about animals,
 
     marmot = Animal(genus='Marmota', family='Sciuridae')
 
-    marmot_photo = open('marmot.jpg', 'rb')
-    marmot.photo.put(marmot_photo, content_type = 'image/jpeg')
+    with open('marmot.jpg', 'rb') as fd:
+        marmot.photo.put(fd, content_type = 'image/jpeg')
     marmot.save()
 
 Retrieval