diff --git a/src/fastmcp/prompts/prompt.py b/src/fastmcp/prompts/prompt.py
index c8193a078..48343e2bb 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/prompts/prompt.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/prompts/prompt.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class FunctionPrompt(Prompt):
             if param.kind == inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD:
                 raise ValueError("Functions with **kwargs are not supported as prompts")
 
-        description = description or fn.__doc__
+        description = description or inspect.getdoc(fn)
 
         # if the fn is a callable class, we need to get the __call__ method from here out
         if not inspect.isroutine(fn):
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/resources/resource.py b/src/fastmcp/resources/resource.py
index fc4ece58f..8e7ce307f 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/resources/resource.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/resources/resource.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class FunctionResource(Resource):
             fn=fn,
             uri=uri,
             name=name or fn.__name__,
-            description=description or fn.__doc__,
+            description=description or inspect.getdoc(fn),
             mime_type=mime_type or "text/plain",
             tags=tags or set(),
             enabled=enabled if enabled is not None else True,
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/resources/template.py b/src/fastmcp/resources/template.py
index 36e05be11..acbb98eeb 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/resources/template.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/resources/template.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class FunctionResourceTemplate(ResourceTemplate):
                     f"URI parameters {uri_params} must be a subset of the function arguments: {func_params}"
                 )
 
-        description = description or fn.__doc__
+        description = description or inspect.getdoc(fn)
 
         # if the fn is a callable class, we need to get the __call__ method from here out
         if not inspect.isroutine(fn):
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py b/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
index 9b94bb00e..14fe7f8b6 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class ParsedFunction:
 
         # collect name and doc before we potentially modify the function
         fn_name = getattr(fn, "__name__", None) or fn.__class__.__name__
-        fn_doc = fn.__doc__
+        fn_doc = inspect.getdoc(fn)
 
         # if the fn is a callable class, we need to get the __call__ method from here out
         if not inspect.isroutine(fn):