diff --git a/Lib/cmd.py b/Lib/cmd.py
index 88ee7d3ddc4694..6e7e5b9645775b 100644
--- a/Lib/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/cmd.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 functions respectively.
 """
 
-import string, sys
+import inspect, string, sys
 
 __all__ = ["Cmd"]
 
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ def do_help(self, arg):
             except AttributeError:
                 try:
                     doc=getattr(self, 'do_' + arg).__doc__
+                    doc = inspect.cleandoc(doc)
                     if doc:
                         self.stdout.write("%s\n"%str(doc))
                         return
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-17-16-11-03.gh-issue-52161.WBYyCJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-17-16-11-03.gh-issue-52161.WBYyCJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3f598d40e4ae93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-17-16-11-03.gh-issue-52161.WBYyCJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:meth:`cmd.Cmd.do_help` now cleans docstrings with :func:`inspect.cleandoc`
+before writing them. Patch by Filip Łapkiewicz.