diff --git a/doc/examples/decode_video.c b/doc/examples/decode_video.c
index 169188a4b9..18ee90a6c0 100644
--- a/doc/examples/decode_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/decode_video.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void pgm_save(unsigned char *buf, int wrap, int xsize, int ysize,
     FILE *f;
     int i;
 
-    f = fopen(filename,"w");
+    f = fopen(filename,"wb");
     fprintf(f, "P5\n%d %d\n%d\n", xsize, ysize, 255);
     for (i = 0; i < ysize; i++)
         fwrite(buf + i * wrap, 1, xsize, f);
diff --git a/doc/examples/hw_decode.c b/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
index f3286f472d..71be6e6709 100644
--- a/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
+++ b/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     /* open the file to dump raw data */
-    output_file = fopen(argv[3], "w+");
+    output_file = fopen(argv[3], "w+b");
 
     /* actual decoding and dump the raw data */
     while (ret >= 0) {