1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 6039d4e..5758abd 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -368,6 +368,13 @@ def getdoc(object):
         return None
     if not isinstance(doc, str):
         return None
+    return cleandoc(doc)
+
+def cleandoc(doc):
+    """Clean up indentation from docstrings.
+
+    Any whitespace that can be uniformly removed from the second line
+    onwards is removed."""
     try:
         lines = doc.expandtabs().split('\n')
     except UnicodeError: