diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index c242fc3..268fa41 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -651,7 +651,10 @@
 
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
     loop.call_soon(print_and_repeat, loop)
-    loop.run_forever()
+    try:
+        loop.run_forever()
+    finally:
+        loop.close()
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -679,5 +682,8 @@
 
     print("Event loop running forever, press CTRL+c to interrupt.")
     print("pid %s: send SIGINT or SIGTERM to exit." % os.getpid())
-    loop.run_forever()
+    try:
+        loop.run_forever()
+    finally:
+        loop.close()
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index f1894da..3544657 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@
             yield from asyncio.sleep(2)
 
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    loop.run_until_complete(greet_every_two_seconds())
+    try:
+        loop.run_until_complete(greet_every_two_seconds())
+    finally:
+        loop.close()
 
 .. seealso::