bpo-40257: Output object's own docstring in pydoc (GH-19479)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index f172700..a89b804 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -825,11 +825,8 @@ class HTMLDoc(Doc):
                 push(msg)
                 for name, kind, homecls, value in ok:
                     base = self.docother(getattr(object, name), name, mod)
-                    if callable(value) or inspect.isdatadescriptor(value):
-                        doc = getattr(value, "__doc__", None)
-                    else:
-                        doc = None
-                    if doc is None:
+                    doc = getdoc(value)
+                    if not doc:
                         push('<dl><dt>%s</dl>\n' % base)
                     else:
                         doc = self.markup(getdoc(value), self.preformat,
@@ -1309,10 +1306,7 @@ location listed above.
                 hr.maybe()
                 push(msg)
                 for name, kind, homecls, value in ok:
-                    if callable(value) or inspect.isdatadescriptor(value):
-                        doc = getdoc(value)
-                    else:
-                        doc = None
+                    doc = getdoc(value)
                     try:
                         obj = getattr(object, name)
                     except AttributeError:
@@ -1448,7 +1442,9 @@ location listed above.
             chop = maxlen - len(line)
             if chop < 0: repr = repr[:chop] + '...'
         line = (name and self.bold(name) + ' = ' or '') + repr
-        if doc is not None:
+        if not doc:
+            doc = getdoc(object)
+        if doc:
             line += '\n' + self.indent(str(doc))
         return line
 
@@ -1672,7 +1668,8 @@ def render_doc(thing, title='Python Library Documentation: %s', forceload=0,
     if not (inspect.ismodule(object) or
               inspect.isclass(object) or
               inspect.isroutine(object) or
-              inspect.isdatadescriptor(object)):
+              inspect.isdatadescriptor(object) or
+              inspect.getdoc(object)):
         # If the passed object is a piece of data or an instance,
         # document its available methods instead of its value.
         object = type(object)