diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
index 5b7b821e393..5075fb1e45c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ subclass which installs setuptools and pip into a created venv::
                     else:
                         sys.stderr.write(s.decode('utf-8'))
                     sys.stderr.flush()
+            stream.close()
 
         def install_script(self, context, name, url):
             _, _, path, _, _, _ = urlparse(url)