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Yes, of course. And if it overrides some methods, but do not specify doctrings for new methods, they will be inherited from the parent class.

class A:
    """Base class"""
    def foo(self): """Some docstring"""
    def bar(self): """Other docstring"""

class B(A):
    def foo(self): pass

help(B)

Help on class B in module __main__:

class B(A)
 |  Method resolution order:
 |      B
 |      A
 |      builtins.object
 |  
 |  Methods defined here:
 |  
 |  foo(self)
 |      Some docstring
 |  
 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Methods inherited from A:
 |  
 |  bar(self)
 |      Other docstring
 |  
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