diff --git a/parsing.py b/parsing.py
index b8440749..7cc973df 100644
--- a/parsing.py
+++ b/parsing.py
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ class PyFuzzyParser(object):
     def __init__(self, code, module_path=None, user_position=None,
                                                             no_docstr=False):
         self.user_position = user_position
+        self.user_scope = None
         self.user_stmt = None
         self.code = code + '\n'  # end with \n, because the parser needs it
         self.no_docstr = no_docstr
@@ -1413,7 +1414,9 @@ class PyFuzzyParser(object):
         self._current_full = next(self.gen)
         type, tok, self._tokenize_start_pos, self._tokenize_end_pos, \
                             self.parserline = self._current_full
-        if self.user_position and self.start_pos[0] == self.user_position[0]:
+        if self.user_position and (self.start_pos[0] == self.user_position[0]
+                        or self.user_scope is None
+                            and self.start_pos[0] >= self.user_position[0]):
             debug.dbg('user scope found [%s] = %s' % \
                     (self.parserline.replace('\n', ''), repr(self.scope)))
             self.user_scope = self.scope
diff --git a/test/completion/basic.py b/test/completion/basic.py
index 1c9b803f..d8e0cffd 100644
--- a/test/completion/basic.py
+++ b/test/completion/basic.py
@@ -165,3 +165,14 @@ def global_define():
 
 #? int()
 global_var_in_func
+
+# -----------------
+# within docstrs
+# -----------------
+
+def a():
+    """
+    #? ['global_define']
+    global_define
+    """
+    pass