diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
index 668744a9c2d..dc8ac87e806 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ your model explicitly. For example::
     from django.contrib.sites.managers import CurrentSiteManager
 
     class Photo(models.Model):
-        photo = models.FileField(upload_to='/home/photos')
+        photo = models.FileField(upload_to='photos')
         photographer_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
         pub_date = models.DateField()
         site = models.ForeignKey(Site, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ demonstrates this::
     from django.contrib.sites.managers import CurrentSiteManager
 
     class Photo(models.Model):
-        photo = models.FileField(upload_to='/home/photos')
+        photo = models.FileField(upload_to='photos')
         photographer_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
         pub_date = models.DateField()
         publish_on = models.ForeignKey(Site, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
diff --git a/tests/max_lengths/models.py b/tests/max_lengths/models.py
index ec4cc8e1148..3a0eee40780 100644
--- a/tests/max_lengths/models.py
+++ b/tests/max_lengths/models.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ from django.db import models
 
 class PersonWithDefaultMaxLengths(models.Model):
     email = models.EmailField()
-    vcard = models.FileField(upload_to='/tmp')
+    vcard = models.FileField()
     homepage = models.URLField()
     avatar = models.FilePathField()
 
 
 class PersonWithCustomMaxLengths(models.Model):
     email = models.EmailField(max_length=250)
-    vcard = models.FileField(upload_to='/tmp', max_length=250)
+    vcard = models.FileField(max_length=250)
     homepage = models.URLField(max_length=250)
     avatar = models.FilePathField(max_length=250)
diff --git a/tests/serializers/models/data.py b/tests/serializers/models/data.py
index 0deadc37955..9c44d97e6b7 100644
--- a/tests/serializers/models/data.py
+++ b/tests/serializers/models/data.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class EmailData(models.Model):
 
 
 class FileData(models.Model):
-    data = models.FileField(null=True, upload_to='/foo/bar')
+    data = models.FileField(null=True)
 
 
 class FilePathData(models.Model):
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class EmailPKData(models.Model):
     data = models.EmailField(primary_key=True)
 
 # class FilePKData(models.Model):
-#    data = models.FileField(primary_key=True, upload_to='/foo/bar')
+#    data = models.FileField(primary_key=True)
 
 
 class FilePathPKData(models.Model):