diff --git a/Doc/library/zoneinfo.rst b/Doc/library/zoneinfo.rst
index a57f3b8b3e858c..53d8e2598ec1c7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zoneinfo.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zoneinfo.rst
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The ``ZoneInfo`` class
 
 The ``ZoneInfo`` class has two alternate constructors:
 
-.. classmethod:: ZoneInfo.from_file(fobj, /, key=None)
+.. classmethod:: ZoneInfo.from_file(file_obj, /, key=None)
 
     Constructs a ``ZoneInfo`` object from a file-like object returning bytes
     (e.g. a file opened in binary mode or an :class:`io.BytesIO` object).
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ The behavior of a ``ZoneInfo`` file depends on how it was constructed:
        >>> a is b
        False
 
-3. ``ZoneInfo.from_file(fobj, /, key=None)``: When constructed from a file, the
+3. ``ZoneInfo.from_file(file_obj, /, key=None)``: When constructed from a file, the
    ``ZoneInfo`` object raises an exception on pickling. If an end user wants to
    pickle a ``ZoneInfo`` constructed from a file, it is recommended that they
    use a wrapper type or a custom serialization function: either serializing by
diff --git a/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py b/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
index b77dc0ed391bb3..3ffdb4c837192b 100644
--- a/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
+++ b/Lib/zoneinfo/_zoneinfo.py
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ def _new_instance(cls, key):
         return obj
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_file(cls, fobj, /, key=None):
+    def from_file(cls, file_obj, /, key=None):
         obj = super().__new__(cls)
         obj._key = key
         obj._file_path = None
-        obj._load_file(fobj)
-        obj._file_repr = repr(fobj)
+        obj._load_file(file_obj)
+        obj._file_repr = repr(file_obj)
 
         # Disable pickling for objects created from files
         obj.__reduce__ = obj._file_reduce