From cfc56329d4453c37bc3d0b8e7ea8813c10e1a7c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takeshi KOMIYA <i.tkomiya@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 01:50:09 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #344: autosummary does not understand docstring of module
 level attributes

---
 CHANGES                        | 1 +
 sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e57a0dad6..92475536c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5132: (lualatex) PDF build fails if indexed word starts with Unicode character
 * #5133: latex: index headings "Symbols" and "Numbers" not internationalized
 * #5114: sphinx-build: Handle errors on scanning documents
+* #344: autosummary does not understand docstring of module level attributes
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
index 62143fda4..4a9b59537 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
@@ -1265,6 +1265,11 @@ class DataDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
         # type: (bool) -> None
         pass
 
+    def get_real_modname(self):
+        # type: () -> str
+        return self.get_attr(self.parent or self.object, '__module__', None) \
+            or self.modname
+
 
 class MethodDocumenter(DocstringSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):  # type: ignore
     """