diff --git a/Doc/library/email.parser.rst b/Doc/library/email.parser.rst
index e0fcce8f0cbb8c..6a67bf7c8e555d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.parser.rst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ message body, instead setting the payload to the raw body.
 
       Read all the data from the binary file-like object *fp*, parse the
       resulting bytes, and return the message object.  *fp* must support
-      both the :meth:`~io.IOBase.readline` and the :meth:`~io.IOBase.read`
+      both the :meth:`~io.IOBase.readline` and the :meth:`~io.BufferedIOBase.read`
       methods.
 
       The bytes contained in *fp* must be formatted as a block of :rfc:`5322`
diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 3f1ec95005cbb5..27d5caa43f8f9e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
 .. exception:: EOFError
 
    Raised when the :func:`input` function hits an end-of-file condition (EOF)
-   without reading any data. (Note: the :meth:`!io.IOBase.read` and
+   without reading any data. (Note: the :meth:`io.TextIOBase.read` and
    :meth:`io.IOBase.readline` methods return an empty string when they hit EOF.)
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 95cb1b8178003c..721f18e6af7498 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1297,8 +1297,8 @@ as internal buffering of data.
 
       This function is intended for low-level I/O.  For normal usage, use the
       built-in function :func:`open`, which returns a :term:`file object` with
-      :meth:`~file.read` and :meth:`~file.write` methods (and many more).  To
-      wrap a file descriptor in a file object, use :func:`fdopen`.
+      :meth:`~io.BufferedIOBase.read` and :meth:`~io.BufferedIOBase.write` methods.
+      To wrap a file descriptor in a file object, use :func:`fdopen`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
       Added the *dir_fd* parameter.
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ or `the MSDN <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Windo
       descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open` or :func:`pipe`.  To read a
       "file object" returned by the built-in function :func:`open` or by
       :func:`popen` or :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdin`, use its
-      :meth:`~file.read` or :meth:`~file.readline` methods.
+      :meth:`~io.TextIOBase.read` or :meth:`~io.IOBase.readline` methods.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       If the system call is interrupted and the signal handler does not raise an
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ or `the MSDN <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Windo
       descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open` or :func:`pipe`.  To write a "file
       object" returned by the built-in function :func:`open` or by :func:`popen` or
       :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdout` or :data:`sys.stderr`, use its
-      :meth:`~file.write` method.
+      :meth:`~io.TextIOBase.write` method.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       If the system call is interrupted and the signal handler does not raise an
@@ -4326,7 +4326,7 @@ to be ignored.
    The current process is replaced immediately. Open file objects and
    descriptors are not flushed, so if there may be data buffered
    on these open files, you should flush them using
-   :func:`sys.stdout.flush` or :func:`os.fsync` before calling an
+   :func:`~io.IOBase.flush` or :func:`os.fsync` before calling an
    :func:`exec\* <execl>` function.
 
    The "l" and "v" variants of the :func:`exec\* <execl>` functions differ in how
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 3bc1448136ea4d..2587b12918bba0 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1417,12 +1417,28 @@ also :func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.fdopen`, and the
 :meth:`~socket.socket.makefile` method of socket objects (and perhaps by
 other functions or methods provided by extension modules).
 
+File objects implement common methods, listed below, to simplify usage in
+generic code. They are expected to be :ref:`context-managers`.
+
 The objects ``sys.stdin``, ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr`` are
 initialized to file objects corresponding to the interpreter's standard
 input, output and error streams; they are all open in text mode and
 therefore follow the interface defined by the :class:`io.TextIOBase`
 abstract class.
 
+.. method:: file.read(size=-1, /)
+
+   Retrieve up to *size* data from the file. As a convenience if *size* is
+   unspecified or -1 retrieve all data available.
+
+.. method:: file.write(data, /)
+
+   Store *data* to the file.
+
+.. method:: file.close()
+
+   Flush any buffers and close the underlying file.
+
 
 Internal types
 --------------