1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
index 705853c20..ef09b61a1 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
@@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ class MethodDocumenter(ClassLevelDocumenter):
     """
     objtype = 'method'
     member_order = 50
+    priority = 0
 
     @classmethod
     def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
-        # other attributes are recognized via the module analyzer
         return inspect.isroutine(member) and \
                not isinstance(parent, ModuleDocumenter)
 
@@ -1017,11 +1017,18 @@ class AttributeDocumenter(ClassLevelDocumenter):
     objtype = 'attribute'
     member_order = 60
 
+    # must be higher than the MethodDocumenter, else it will recognize
+    # some non-data descriptors as methods
+    priority = 10
+
+    method_types = (FunctionType, BuiltinFunctionType, MethodType)
+
     @classmethod
     def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
-        return (isdescriptor(member) and not
-                isinstance(member, (FunctionType, BuiltinFunctionType))) \
-               or (not isinstance(parent, ModuleDocumenter) and isattr)
+        isdatadesc = isdescriptor(member) and not \
+                     isinstance(member, cls.method_types)
+        return isdatadesc or \
+               (isattr and not isinstance(parent, ModuleDocumenter))
 
     def document_members(self, all_members=False):
         pass