diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index 946eaad..6bb2aa6 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -1812,8 +1812,13 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         with self.builtin_trap:
             info = self._object_find(oname)
             if info.found:
-                return self.inspector._get_info(info.obj, oname, info=info,
-                            detail_level=detail_level
+                docformat = sphinxify if self.sphinxify_docstring else None
+                return self.inspector._get_info(
+                    info.obj,
+                    oname,
+                    info=info,
+                    detail_level=detail_level,
+                    formatter=docformat,
                 )
             else:
                 raise KeyError(oname)