diff -r 5e4ea92f9a9b Doc/library/asyncio.rst
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio.rst	Mon Dec 02 12:41:54 2013 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio.rst	Mon Dec 02 12:43:35 2013 +0100
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@ Print ``Hello World`` every two seconds,
         print('Hello World')
         loop.call_later(2, print_and_repeat, loop)
 
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    print_and_repeat(loop)
-    loop.run_forever()
+    with asyncio.get_event_loop() as loop:
+        print_and_repeat(loop)
+        loop.run_forever()
 
 
 Hello World (callback)
@@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ Print ``Hello World`` every two seconds,
             print('Hello World')
             yield from asyncio.sleep(2)
 
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    loop.run_until_complete(greet_every_two_seconds())
+    with asyncio.get_event_loop() as loop:
+        loop.run_until_complete(greet_every_two_seconds())
 
 
 Echo server
diff -r 5e4ea92f9a9b Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py	Mon Dec 02 12:41:54 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py	Mon Dec 02 12:43:35 2013 +0100
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEvent
         self._internal_fds = 0
         self._running = False
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
     def _make_socket_transport(self, sock, protocol, waiter=None, *,
                                extra=None, server=None):
         """Create socket transport."""