From fe4be5abee360a836c88f77163689cfa9bbcde3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ibrahim Abayomi Ogunbiyi
 <73393430+ibrahim-ogunbiyi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:20:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update documents.rst

I think it's best to replace `StringIO` with `BytesIO` since we are working with bytes. This ensures that beginners, or anyone skimming the documentation and copying code, end up with correct and functional code.
---
 docs/user/documents.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user/documents.rst b/docs/user/documents.rst
index ecdfefab1..633fe3264 100644
--- a/docs/user/documents.rst
+++ b/docs/user/documents.rst
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ a document like so::
     # or
 
     with open('foobar.docx', 'rb') as f:
-        source_stream = StringIO(f.read())
+        source_stream = BytesIO(f.read())
     document = Document(source_stream)
     source_stream.close()
     ...
-    target_stream = StringIO()
+    target_stream = BytesIO()
     document.save(target_stream)
 
 The ``'rb'`` file open mode parameter isn't required on all operating