diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4d2185b793..4647c60eea 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3885.	[port]		Use 'open()' rather than 'file()' to open files in
+			python.
+
 3884.	[protocol]	Add CDS and CDNSKEY record types. [RT #36333]
 
 3883.	[placeholder]
diff --git a/bin/python/dnssec-coverage.py.in b/bin/python/dnssec-coverage.py.in
index 6aded9ae19..0f352c15a3 100755
--- a/bin/python/dnssec-coverage.py.in
+++ b/bin/python/dnssec-coverage.py.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Key:
         self.alg = int(alg)
         self.keyid = int(keyid)
 
-        kfp = file(key_file, "r")
+        kfp = open(key_file, "r")
         for line in kfp:
             if line[0] == ';':
                 continue
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Key:
                 self.sep = False
         kfp.close()
 
-        pfp = file(private_file, "rU")
+        pfp = open(private_file, "rU")
         propDict = dict()
         for propLine in pfp:
             propDef = propLine.strip()