diff -r 7e3ec8ad3f20 Lib/test/test_fileio.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py	Mon Oct 20 08:36:09 2014 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py	Mon Oct 20 13:47:05 2014 +0300
@@ -112,16 +112,24 @@ class AutoFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.f.write, "Hello!")
 
     def testRepr(self):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO name=%r mode=%r closefd='%d'>"
-                          % (self.f.name, self.f.mode, self.f.closefd))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO name=%r mode=%r>"
+                                        % (self.f.name, self.f.mode))
         del self.f.name
-        self.assertEqual(
-            repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO fd=%r mode=%r closefd='%d'>"
-                          % (self.f.fileno(), self.f.mode, self.f.closefd))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO fd=%r mode=%r>"
+                                        % (self.f.fileno(), self.f.mode))
         self.f.close()
         self.assertEqual(repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO [closed]>")
 
+    def testReprNoCloseFD(self):
+        fd = os.open(TESTFN, os.O_RDONLY)
+        try:
+            with _FileIO(fd, 'r', closefd=False) as f:
+                self.assertEqual(repr(f),
+                                 "<_io.FileIO name=%r mode=%r closefd=False>"
+                                 % (f.name, f.mode))
+        finally:
+            os.close(fd)
+
     def testErrors(self):
         f = self.f
         self.assertTrue(not f.isatty())
diff -r 7e3ec8ad3f20 Modules/_io/fileio.c
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c	Mon Oct 20 08:36:09 2014 +0200
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c	Mon Oct 20 13:47:05 2014 +0300
@@ -1055,13 +1055,13 @@ fileio_repr(fileio *self)
         else
             return NULL;
         res = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
-	    "<_io.FileIO fd=%d mode='%s' closefd='%d'>",
-	    self->fd, mode_string(self), self->closefd);
+            "<_io.FileIO fd=%d mode='%s'%s>",
+            self->fd, mode_string(self), self->closefd ? "" : " closefd=False");
     }
     else {
         res = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
-	    "<_io.FileIO name=%R mode='%s' closefd='%d'>",
-	    nameobj, mode_string(self), self->closefd);
+            "<_io.FileIO name=%R mode='%s'%s>",
+            nameobj, mode_string(self), self->closefd ? "" : " closefd=False");
         Py_DECREF(nameobj);
     }
     return res;