diff --git a/docs/append-file.md b/docs/append-file.md
index e971474960..aff78f496d 100644
--- a/docs/append-file.md
+++ b/docs/append-file.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public Task BinaryFluent() =>
 [Fact]
 public Task TextFluent() =>
     Verify("Foo")
-        .AppendFile("extra content");
+        .AppendContentAsFile("extra content");
 ```
 <sup><a href='/src/Verify.Tests/Converters/InstanceFileAppenderTests.cs#L30-L37' title='Snippet source file'>snippet source</a> | <a href='#snippet-textfluent' title='Start of snippet'>anchor</a></sup>
 <!-- endSnippet -->
diff --git a/src/Verify.Tests/Converters/InstanceFileAppenderTests.cs b/src/Verify.Tests/Converters/InstanceFileAppenderTests.cs
index 83451f144f..17ad3eb136 100644
--- a/src/Verify.Tests/Converters/InstanceFileAppenderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Verify.Tests/Converters/InstanceFileAppenderTests.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public class InstanceFileAppenderTests
     public InstanceFileAppenderTests()
     {
         settings = new();
-        settings.AppendFile("appendedFile");
+        settings.AppendContentAsFile("appendedFile");
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public Task Text() =>
     [Fact]
     public Task WithName() =>
         Verify("Foo", settings)
-            .AppendFile("extra content", name: "theName");
+            .AppendContentAsFile("extra content", name: "theName");
 
     #region BinaryFluent
 
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ public Task BinaryFluent() =>
     [Fact]
     public Task TextFluent() =>
         Verify("Foo")
-            .AppendFile("extra content");
+            .AppendContentAsFile("extra content");
 
     #endregion
 
     [Fact]
     public Task WithScrubbing() =>
         Verify("Foo")
-            .AppendFile("""
+            .AppendContentAsFile("""
                 line1
                 line2
                 line3
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public Task WithScrubbing() =>
     [Fact]
     public Task TextBytesFluent() =>
         Verify("Foo")
-            .AppendFile(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("appendedFile"));
+            .AppendContentAsFile(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("appendedFile"));
 
     [Fact]
     public Task TextStreamFluent() =>
diff --git a/src/Verify/Splitters/Settings_FileAppender.cs b/src/Verify/Splitters/Settings_FileAppender.cs
index 08a8600d07..024f779de6 100644
--- a/src/Verify/Splitters/Settings_FileAppender.cs
+++ b/src/Verify/Splitters/Settings_FileAppender.cs
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ public partial class VerifySettings
 {
     internal List<Target> appendedFiles = new();
 
-    public void AppendFile(string content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null) =>
+    public void AppendContentAsFile(string content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null) =>
         appendedFiles.Add(new(extension, content, name));
 
-    public void AppendFile(StringBuilder content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null) =>
+    public void AppendContentAsFile(StringBuilder content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null) =>
         appendedFiles.Add(new(extension, content, name));
 
-    public void AppendFile(byte[] content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
+    public void AppendContentAsFile(byte[] content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
     {
         if (FileExtensions.IsText(extension))
         {
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ public void AppendFile(byte[] content, string extension = "txt", string? name =
         }
     }
 
+    public void AppendFile(string file, string? name = null) =>
+        AppendFile(IoHelpers.OpenRead(file), name);
+
+    public void AppendFile(FileInfo file, string? name = null) =>
+        AppendFile(file.FullName, name);
+
     public void AppendFile(FileStream stream, string? name = null) =>
         AppendFile(stream, stream.Extension(), name??Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(stream.Name));
 
@@ -70,21 +76,21 @@ public void AppendFile(Stream stream, string extension = "txt", string? name = n
 
 public partial class SettingsTask
 {
-    public SettingsTask AppendFile(StringBuilder content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
+    public SettingsTask AppendContentAsFile(StringBuilder content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
     {
-        CurrentSettings.AppendFile(content, extension, name);
+        CurrentSettings.AppendContentAsFile(content, extension, name);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SettingsTask AppendFile(string content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
+    public SettingsTask AppendContentAsFile(string content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
     {
-        CurrentSettings.AppendFile(content, extension, name);
+        CurrentSettings.AppendContentAsFile(content, extension, name);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SettingsTask AppendFile(byte[] content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
+    public SettingsTask AppendContentAsFile(byte[] content, string extension = "txt", string? name = null)
     {
-        CurrentSettings.AppendFile(content, extension, name);
+        CurrentSettings.AppendContentAsFile(content, extension, name);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -99,4 +105,16 @@ public SettingsTask AppendFile(Stream stream, string extension = "txt", string?
         CurrentSettings.AppendFile(stream, extension, name);
         return this;
     }
+
+    public SettingsTask AppendFile(string file, string? name = null)
+    {
+        CurrentSettings.AppendFile(file, name);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public SettingsTask AppendFile(FileInfo file, string? name = null)
+    {
+        CurrentSettings.AppendFile(file, name);
+        return this;
+    }
 }
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