[Python] How to add on-hover tooltip method popups for Python in VS Code?

In Java you can hover over method names and IntelliSense in VS Code will display in a tooltip the comment above that method you wrote, as seen in my image below for the size() method for example:



I want to add this same functionality for my own custom Python methods, so if I hover over them I can see the input/output details from anywhere in my project, I have downloaded the Python VS Code package which says it has IntelliSense support, but in my below code I can't seem to get it to work:

m2_pipeline.py:

from Rhapso.matching.input_prep import readXML

def main():
dummy_xml_path = "path/to/dummy_file.xml"
xml_root = readXML(dummy_xml_path)

main()


input_prep.py:

"""
@param {Number} int Only accepts integers
@throws {TypeError} Only accepts an integer as parameter
@returns {this} Object of class MyClass
"""
def readXML(xml_file):
print('do stuff')
return "apple"



If I hover over my Python method, I get no popup:



Is my formatting wrong? How can I add custom tooltip IntelliSense popups for my own Python methods?

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