Manage documentation comments

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Editor | General | Smart Keys.

In the Enter section, select or clear Insert documentation comment stub checkbox.

Then, expand the Smart Keys node and select Python. Use the Insert type placeholders in the documentation comment stub option as required.

If this checkbox is selected, PyCharm generates a documentation comment stub.

To restrict creating documentation comments, press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and select Tools | Python Integrated Tools.

In the Docstrings area, select Plain from the Docstring format list. Click OK to save the changes.