diff -r 282f8322fc1b Lib/telnetlib.py
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py	Fri Oct 30 02:47:48 2015 -0400
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py	Fri Oct 30 15:22:41 2015 +0000
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@
             raise EOFError
         return (-1, None, text)
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def test():
     """Test program for telnetlib.
@@ -660,11 +666,10 @@
             port = int(portstr)
         except ValueError:
             port = socket.getservbyname(portstr, 'tcp')
-    tn = Telnet()
-    tn.set_debuglevel(debuglevel)
-    tn.open(host, port, timeout=0.5)
-    tn.interact()
-    tn.close()
+    with Telnet() as tn:
+        tn.set_debuglevel(debuglevel)
+        tn.open(host, port, timeout=0.5)
+        tn.interact()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test()