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diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
index a77654939..7eb2419c0 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ def dedent_docstring(s: str) -> str:
dummy.__doc__ = s
docstring = inspect.getdoc(dummy)
- return docstring.lstrip("\r\n").rstrip("\r\n")
+ if docstring:
+ return docstring.lstrip("\r\n").rstrip("\r\n")
+ else:
+ return ""
class Token: