diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Declaration.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Declaration.lean
index e5247d0fea..699abf33d7 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Declaration.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Declaration.lean
@@ -145,19 +145,23 @@ private def inductiveSyntaxToView (modifiers : Modifiers) (decl : Syntax) : Comm
   let ⟨name, declName, levelNames⟩ ← expandDeclId declId modifiers
   addDeclarationRanges declName decl
   let ctors      ← decl[4].getArgs.mapM fun ctor => withRef ctor do
-    -- def ctor := leading_parser " | " >> declModifiers >> ident >> optDeclSig
-    let ctorModifiers ← elabModifiers ctor[1]
+    -- def ctor := leading_parser optional docComment >> "\n| " >> declModifiers >> rawIdent >> optDeclSig
+    let mut ctorModifiers ← elabModifiers ctor[2]
+    if let some leadingDocComment := ctor[0].getOptional? then
+      if ctorModifiers.docString?.isSome then
+        logErrorAt leadingDocComment "duplicate doc string"
+      ctorModifiers := { ctorModifiers with docString? := TSyntax.getDocString ⟨leadingDocComment⟩ }
     if ctorModifiers.isPrivate && modifiers.isPrivate then
       throwError "invalid 'private' constructor in a 'private' inductive datatype"
     if ctorModifiers.isProtected && modifiers.isPrivate then
       throwError "invalid 'protected' constructor in a 'private' inductive datatype"
     checkValidCtorModifier ctorModifiers
-    let ctorName := ctor.getIdAt 2
+    let ctorName := ctor.getIdAt 3
     let ctorName := declName ++ ctorName
-    let ctorName ← withRef ctor[2] <| applyVisibility ctorModifiers.visibility ctorName
-    let (binders, type?) := expandOptDeclSig ctor[3]
+    let ctorName ← withRef ctor[3] <| applyVisibility ctorModifiers.visibility ctorName
+    let (binders, type?) := expandOptDeclSig ctor[4]
     addDocString' ctorName ctorModifiers.docString?
-    addAuxDeclarationRanges ctorName ctor ctor[2]
+    addAuxDeclarationRanges ctorName ctor ctor[3]
     return { ref := ctor, modifiers := ctorModifiers, declName := ctorName, binders := binders, type? := type? : CtorView }
   let computedFields ← (decl[5].getOptional?.map (·[1].getArgs) |>.getD #[]).mapM fun cf => withRef cf do
     return { ref := cf, modifiers := cf[0], fieldId := cf[1].getId, type := ⟨cf[3]⟩, matchAlts := ⟨cf[4]⟩ }
diff --git a/src/Lean/Linter/MissingDocs.lean b/src/Lean/Linter/MissingDocs.lean
index d730820e6b..16902bed1c 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Linter/MissingDocs.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Linter/MissingDocs.lean
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ def checkDecl : SimpleHandler := fun stx => do
     lintDeclHead k rest[1][0]
   if k == ``«inductive» || k == ``classInductive then
     for stx in rest[4].getArgs do
-      let head := stx[1]
-      if declModifiersPubNoDoc head then
-        lintField rest[1][0] stx[2] "public constructor"
+      let head := stx[2]
+      if stx[0].isNone && declModifiersPubNoDoc head then
+        lintField rest[1][0] stx[3] "public constructor"
     unless rest[5].isNone do
       for stx in rest[5][0][1].getArgs do
         let head := stx[0]
diff --git a/src/Lean/Parser/Command.lean b/src/Lean/Parser/Command.lean
index a9a95a1d1e..4fe3e584b7 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Parser/Command.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Parser/Command.lean
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def «instance»       := leading_parser Term.attrKind >> "instance" >> optNamed
 def «axiom»          := leading_parser "axiom " >> declId >> ppIndent declSig
 /- As `declSig` starts with a space, "example" does not need a trailing space. -/
 def «example»        := leading_parser "example" >> ppIndent optDeclSig >> declVal
-def ctor             := leading_parser "\n| " >> ppIndent (declModifiers true >> rawIdent >> optDeclSig)
+def ctor             := leading_parser atomic (optional docComment >> "\n| ") >> ppGroup (declModifiers true >> rawIdent >> optDeclSig)
 def derivingClasses  := sepBy1 (group (ident >> optional (" with " >> Term.structInst))) ", "
 def optDeriving      := leading_parser optional (ppLine >> atomic ("deriving " >> notSymbol "instance") >> derivingClasses)
 def computedField    := leading_parser declModifiers true >> ident >> " : " >> termParser >> Term.matchAlts