diff --git a/pandas/io/feather_format.py b/pandas/io/feather_format.py
index 87a4931421d7d..b2bf4ab7ff7f1 100644
--- a/pandas/io/feather_format.py
+++ b/pandas/io/feather_format.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ def to_feather(df, path):
     Parameters
     ----------
     df : DataFrame
-    path : string
-        File path
+    path : string file path, or file-like object
 
     """
     path = _stringify_path(path)
@@ -92,8 +91,7 @@ def read_feather(path, nthreads=1):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    path : string
-        File path
+    path : string file path, or file-like object
     nthreads : int, default 1
         Number of CPU threads to use when reading to pandas.DataFrame