diff --git a/src/module.rs b/src/module.rs
index 5a137e97e6a..14c79a5cffe 100644
--- a/src/module.rs
+++ b/src/module.rs
@@ -648,27 +648,30 @@ impl<'ctx> Module<'ctx> {
         unsafe { GlobalValue::new(value) }
     }
 
-    /// Writes a `Module` to a `Path`.
+    /// Writes a `Module` to a file.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `path` - path to write the module's bitcode to. Must be valid Unicode.
     ///
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```no_run
     /// use inkwell::context::Context;
     ///
-    /// use std::path::Path;
-    ///
-    /// let mut path = Path::new("module.bc");
-    ///
     /// let context = Context::create();
     /// let module = context.create_module("my_module");
     /// let void_type = context.void_type();
     /// let fn_type = void_type.fn_type(&[], false);
     ///
     /// module.add_function("my_fn", fn_type, None);
-    /// module.write_bitcode_to_path(&path);
+    /// module.write_bitcode_to_path("module.bc");
     /// ```
-    pub fn write_bitcode_to_path(&self, path: &Path) -> bool {
-        let path_str = path.to_str().expect("Did not find a valid Unicode path string");
+    pub fn write_bitcode_to_path(&self, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
+        let path_str = path
+            .as_ref()
+            .to_str()
+            .expect("Did not find a valid Unicode path string");
         let c_string = to_c_str(path_str);
 
         unsafe { LLVMWriteBitcodeToFile(self.module.get(), c_string.as_ptr()) == 0 }
diff --git a/tests/all/test_module.rs b/tests/all/test_module.rs
index 668dc6e6992..aa88002d47c 100644
--- a/tests/all/test_module.rs
+++ b/tests/all/test_module.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ use inkwell::values::AnyValue;
 use inkwell::OptimizationLevel;
 
 use std::env::temp_dir;
-use std::fs::{remove_file, File};
-use std::io::Read;
+use std::fs::{self, remove_file};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 #[test]
@@ -24,11 +23,7 @@ fn test_write_bitcode_to_path() {
     module.add_function("my_fn", fn_type, None);
     module.write_bitcode_to_path(&path);
 
-    let mut contents = Vec::new();
-    let mut file = File::open(&path).expect("Could not open temp file");
-
-    file.read_to_end(&mut contents).expect("Unable to verify written file");
-
+    let contents = fs::read(&path).expect("Could not read back written file.");
     assert!(!contents.is_empty());
 
     remove_file(&path).unwrap();