Missing or empty docstring

Reports missing and empty docstrings.

Example of a missing docstring

def demo(a):
    c = a ** 2

Example of an empty docstring

def demo(a):
    """
    """
    c = a ** 2

When the quick-fix is applied, the code fragments change to:

def demo(a):
    """

    :param a:
    """
    c = a ** 2

You need to provide some details about the parameter in the generated template.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PyMissingOrEmptyDocstring

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Python

Inspection ID: PyMissingOrEmptyDocstringInspection

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection PyMissingOrEmptyDocstring

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2025.2, DataSpell 2025.2, IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, PyCharm 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025