diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 6012bf94..58ac8e33 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ service = CloudantV1.new_instance()
 with open("products_doc.json", "rb") as products_doc:
   response = service.post_document(
       db='products',
-      document=products_doc_binary,
+      document=products_doc,
       content_type="application/json"
   ).get_result()
 
diff --git a/examples/snippets/postDocument/example_request_as_a_stream.py b/examples/snippets/postDocument/example_request_as_a_stream.py
index 879ddbee..965177ba 100644
--- a/examples/snippets/postDocument/example_request_as_a_stream.py
+++ b/examples/snippets/postDocument/example_request_as_a_stream.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 with open("products_doc.json", "rb") as products_doc:
   response = service.post_document(
       db='products',
-      document=products_doc_binary,
+      document=products_doc,
       content_type="application/json"
   ).get_result()