[commands] Add Cog.description to get the clean docstring.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/cog.py b/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
index afcfd9c5..425b6300 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ class Cog(metaclass=CogMeta):
         """:class:`str`: Returns the cog's specified name, not the class name."""
         return self.__cog_name__
 
+    @property
+    def description(self):
+        """:class:`str`: Returns the cog's description, typically the cleaned docstring."""
+        try:
+            return self.__cog_cleaned_doc__
+        except AttributeError:
+            self.__cog_cleaned_doc__ = cleaned = inspect.getdoc(self)
+            return cleaned
+
     def walk_commands(self):
         """An iterator that recursively walks through this cog's commands and subcommands."""
         from .core import GroupMixin