diff --git a/IPython/core/oinspect.py b/IPython/core/oinspect.py
index 9ef0a56..fdec0b5 100644
--- a/IPython/core/oinspect.py
+++ b/IPython/core/oinspect.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def getdoc(obj):
     else:
         # if we get extra info, we add it to the normal docstring.
         if isinstance(ds, basestring):
-            return ds
+            return inspect.cleandoc(ds)
     
     try:
         return inspect.getdoc(obj)