'Sphinx autodoc not using current docstring of method [closed]

When I run make html with sphinx autodoc enabled, the functions' docstrings are not the actual docstrings.

I have the path configured in my conf.py file

import os
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../../")) # Where the module is located

The output of autodoc:

The actual docstring:

Content of my .rst file:

Subreddit
=========================================

.. autoclass:: redditeasy.Subreddit
   :members:

The output of autodoc is the outdated one. I changed the docstring multiple times but autodoc just kept using the old version.

I cleared cache and uninstalled autodoc multiple times but none of them did anything. Why does this happen? How can I update the docstrings?

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