diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationBuilder.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationBuilder.java
index 0c4b178d2b58..e000cfd80a37 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationBuilder.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationBuilder.java
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public class PyDocumentationBuilder {
                                         : null;
           if (ancestorLink != null) {
             final ChainIterable<String> link = mySectionsMap.get(PyBundle.message("QDOC.documentation.is.copied.from"));
-            link.addWith(TagCode, isFromClass ? $(ancestorLink) : $(ancestorLink).addItem("." + methodName));
+            link.addWith(TagCode, isFromClass ? $(ancestorLink) : $(PyDocumentationLink.toFunction(inherited)));
           }
           myContent.add(formatDocString(pyFunction, inheritedDoc));
           return;
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationLink.kt b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationLink.kt
index 8111c460ed9d..5e451765020d 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationLink.kt
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/documentation/PyDocumentationLink.kt
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package com.jetbrains.python.documentation
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.documentation.DocumentationManagerProtocol
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
+import com.intellij.psi.util.QualifiedName
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyClass
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyFunction
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyNamedParameter
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyPsiFacade
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyClassType
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyTypeParser
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.TypeEvalContext
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ object PyDocumentationLink {
   private const val LINK_TYPE_CLASS = "#class#"
   private const val LINK_TYPE_PARAM = "#param#"
   private const val LINK_TYPE_TYPENAME = "#typename#"
+  private const val LINK_TYPE_FUNC = "#func#"
 
   @JvmStatic
   fun toContainingClass(content: String?): String {
@@ -57,20 +60,46 @@ object PyDocumentationLink {
     }
   }
 
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun toFunction(func: PyFunction): String = toFunction(func.qualifiedName ?: func.name.orEmpty(), func)
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun toFunction(content: String, func: PyFunction): String {
+    val qualifiedName = func.qualifiedName
+    return when {
+      qualifiedName != null -> "<a href=\"${DocumentationManagerProtocol.PSI_ELEMENT_PROTOCOL}$LINK_TYPE_FUNC$qualifiedName\">$content</a>"
+      else -> content
+    }
+  }
+
   @JvmStatic
   fun elementForLink(link: String, element: PsiElement, context: TypeEvalContext): PsiElement? {
-    return if (link == LINK_TYPE_CLASS) {
-      containingClass(element)
+    return when {
+      link == LINK_TYPE_CLASS -> containingClass(element)
+      link == LINK_TYPE_PARAM -> parameterPossibleClass(element, context)
+      link.startsWith(LINK_TYPE_TYPENAME) -> possibleClass(link.substring(LINK_TYPE_TYPENAME.length), element, context)
+      link.startsWith(LINK_TYPE_FUNC) -> possibleFunction(link.substring(LINK_TYPE_FUNC.length), element)
+      else -> null
     }
-    else if (link == LINK_TYPE_PARAM) {
-      parameterPossibleClass(element, context)
-    }
-    else if (link.startsWith(LINK_TYPE_TYPENAME)) {
-      possibleClass(link.substring(LINK_TYPE_TYPENAME.length), element, context)
-    }
-    else {
-      null
+  }
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  private fun possibleFunction(qualifiedName: String, element: PsiElement): PyFunction? {
+    // TODO a better, more general way to resolve qualified names of function
+    val facade = PyPsiFacade.getInstance(element.project)
+    val qName = QualifiedName.fromDottedString(qualifiedName)
+
+    val resolveContext = facade.createResolveContextFromFoothold(element).copyWithMembers()
+    val topLevel = facade.resolveQualifiedName(qName, resolveContext).filterIsInstance<PyFunction>().firstOrNull()
+    if (topLevel != null) {
+      return topLevel
     }
+
+    return facade.resolveQualifiedName(qName.removeLastComponent(), resolveContext)
+      .asSequence()
+      .filterIsInstance<PyClass>()
+      .map { it.findMethodByName(qName.lastComponent, false, null) }
+      .firstOrNull()
   }
 
   @JvmStatic
diff --git a/python/testData/quickdoc/ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.html b/python/testData/quickdoc/ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.html
index 245940f8064b..18739cd5e3a6 100644
--- a/python/testData/quickdoc/ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.html
+++ b/python/testData/quickdoc/ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<html><body><div class='definition'><pre><small>class <a href="psi_element://#class#">Foo</a>(<a href="psi_element://#typename#ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.Moo">Moo</a>)</small><br><br>def&nbsp;<b>__init__</b>(self:&nbsp;<a href="psi_element://#typename#Foo">Foo</a>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;None</pre></div><div class='content'>Doc&nbsp;of&nbsp;Moo()</div><table class='sections'><tr><td valign='top' class='section'><p>Documentation is copied from:</td><td valign='top'><code><a href="psi_element://#typename#ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.Moo">Moo</a>.__init__</code></td></table></body></html>
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+<html><body><div class='definition'><pre><small>class <a href="psi_element://#class#">Foo</a>(<a href="psi_element://#typename#ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.Moo">Moo</a>)</small><br><br>def&nbsp;<b>__init__</b>(self:&nbsp;<a href="psi_element://#typename#Foo">Foo</a>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;None</pre></div><div class='content'>Doc&nbsp;of&nbsp;Moo()</div><table class='sections'><tr><td valign='top' class='section'><p>Documentation is copied from:</td><td valign='top'><code><a href="psi_element://#func#ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.Moo.__init__">ClassUndocumentedEmptyConstructor.Moo.__init__</a></code></td></table></body></html>
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diff --git a/python/testData/quickdoc/InheritedMethod.html b/python/testData/quickdoc/InheritedMethod.html
index 01592659c985..350748180969 100644
--- a/python/testData/quickdoc/InheritedMethod.html
+++ b/python/testData/quickdoc/InheritedMethod.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<html><body><div class='definition'><pre><small>class <a href="psi_element://#class#">B</a>(<a href="psi_element://#typename#InheritedMethod.A">A</a>)</small><br><br>def&nbsp;<b>foo</b>(self:&nbsp;<a href="psi_element://#typename#B">B</a>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;None</pre></div><div class='content'>Doc&nbsp;from&nbsp;A.foo.</div><table class='sections'><tr><td valign='top' class='section'><p>Documentation is copied from:</td><td valign='top'><code><a href="psi_element://#typename#InheritedMethod.A">A</a>.foo</code></td></table></body></html>
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+<html><body><div class='definition'><pre><small>class <a href="psi_element://#class#">B</a>(<a href="psi_element://#typename#InheritedMethod.A">A</a>)</small><br><br>def&nbsp;<b>foo</b>(self:&nbsp;<a href="psi_element://#typename#B">B</a>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;None</pre></div><div class='content'>Doc&nbsp;from&nbsp;A.foo.</div><table class='sections'><tr><td valign='top' class='section'><p>Documentation is copied from:</td><td valign='top'><code><a href="psi_element://#func#InheritedMethod.A.foo">InheritedMethod.A.foo</a></code></td></table></body></html>
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