Python docstrings can be written following SEVERAL FORMATS as the other posts showed. However the default Sphinx docstring format was not mentioned and is based on reStructuredText (reST).

This is a minor-mode for Emacs for editing Python docstrings. It provides syntax highlighting for docstrings in both reStructuredText and Epydoc formats, as well as an override for the fill-paragraph ...

Python Docstring Generator ... We already talked about the importance of documentation and how much I love documenting the code, but we all know it can be a frustrating task.

Python Docstring Generator diminishes the endeavor of developers by auto-creating docstrings.