diff --git a/jedi/api.py b/jedi/api.py
index 5573cddb..b96784f8 100644
--- a/jedi/api.py
+++ b/jedi/api.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class Script(object):
     A Script is the base for completions, goto or whatever you want to do with
     |jedi|.
 
+    You can either use the ``source`` parameter or ``path`` to read a file.
+    Usually you're going to want to use both of them (in an editor).
+
     :param source: The source code of the current file, separated by newlines.
     :type source: str
     :param line: The line to perform actions on (starting with 1).
@@ -54,12 +57,16 @@ class Script(object):
         ``unicode`` object (default ``'utf-8'``).
     :type source_encoding: str
     """
-    def __init__(self, source, line=None, column=None, path=None,
+    def __init__(self, source=None, line=None, column=None, path=None,
                  source_encoding='utf-8', source_path=None):
         if source_path is not None:
             warnings.warn("Use path instead of source_path.", DeprecationWarning)
             path = source_path
 
+        if source is None:
+            with open(path) as f:
+                source = f.read()
+
         lines = source.splitlines() or ['']
         if source and source[-1] == '\n':
             lines.append('')
diff --git a/test/test_absolute_import.py b/test/test_absolute_import.py
index d72e3b7f..d4cfbb5a 100644
--- a/test/test_absolute_import.py
+++ b/test/test_absolute_import.py
@@ -35,9 +35,5 @@ def test_dont_break_imports_without_namespaces():
 
 @helpers.cwd_at("test/absolute_import")
 def test_can_complete_when_shadowing():
-    filename = "unittest.py"
-    with open(filename) as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-    src = "".join(lines)
-    script = jedi.Script(src, path=filename)
+    script = jedi.Script(path="unittest.py")
     assert script.completions()