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-rw-r--r--synapse/api/errors.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/logger.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/crypto/keyring.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/events/__init__.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/client.py11
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/e2e_room_keys.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/federation.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/identity.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/oidc.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/presence.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/saml.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/additional_resource.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/proxyagent.py20
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/server.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/site.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/logging/context.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/logging/opentracing.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/module_api/__init__.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/http/_base.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/admin/users.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/login.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/server_notices/consent_server_notices.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py12
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/controllers/persist_events.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/e2e_room_keys.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/end_to_end_keys.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py22
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/types.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/async_helpers.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/deferred_cache.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/threepids.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/wheel_timer.py4
49 files changed, 143 insertions, 150 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/api/errors.py b/synapse/api/errors.py
index 400dd12aba..e2cfcea0f2 100644
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class HttpResponseException(CodeMessageException):
         set to the reason code from the HTTP response.
 
         Returns:
-            SynapseError:
+            The error converted to a SynapseError.
         """
         # try to parse the body as json, to get better errcode/msg, but
         # default to M_UNKNOWN with the HTTP status as the error text
diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index 94d1150415..5468b963a2 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -317,10 +317,9 @@ def setup_logging(
     Set up the logging subsystem.
 
     Args:
-        config (LoggingConfig | synapse.config.worker.WorkerConfig):
-            configuration data
+        config: configuration data
 
-        use_worker_options (bool): True to use the 'worker_log_config' option
+        use_worker_options: True to use the 'worker_log_config' option
             instead of 'log_config'.
 
         logBeginner: The Twisted logBeginner to use.
diff --git a/synapse/crypto/keyring.py b/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
index c88afb2986..dd9b8089ec 100644
--- a/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class Keyring:
 
     def verify_json_objects_for_server(
         self, server_and_json: Iterable[Tuple[str, dict, int]]
-    ) -> List[defer.Deferred]:
+    ) -> List["defer.Deferred[None]"]:
         """Bulk verifies signatures of json objects, bulk fetching keys as
         necessary.
 
@@ -226,10 +226,9 @@ class Keyring:
                 valid.
 
         Returns:
-            List<Deferred[None]>: for each input triplet, a deferred indicating success
-                or failure to verify each json object's signature for the given
-                server_name. The deferreds run their callbacks in the sentinel
-                logcontext.
+            For each input triplet, a deferred indicating success or failure to
+            verify each json object's signature for the given server_name. The
+            deferreds run their callbacks in the sentinel logcontext.
         """
         return [
             run_in_background(
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index 030c3ca408..8aca9a3ab9 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -597,8 +597,7 @@ def _event_type_from_format_version(
         format_version: The event format version
 
     Returns:
-        type: A type that can be initialized as per the initializer of
-        `FrozenEvent`
+        A type that can be initialized as per the initializer of `FrozenEvent`
     """
 
     if format_version == EventFormatVersions.ROOM_V1_V2:
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
index cd39d4d111..a3cfc701cd 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
@@ -280,12 +280,11 @@ class TransportLayerClient:
         Note that this does not append any events to any graphs.
 
         Args:
-            destination (str): address of remote homeserver
-            room_id (str): room to join/leave
-            user_id (str): user to be joined/left
-            membership (str): one of join/leave
-            params (dict[str, str|Iterable[str]]): Query parameters to include in the
-                request.
+            destination: address of remote homeserver
+            room_id: room to join/leave
+            user_id: user to be joined/left
+            membership: one of join/leave
+            params: Query parameters to include in the request.
 
         Returns:
             Succeeds when we get a 2xx HTTP response. The result
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
index 1db8009d6c..cdaf0d5de7 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ class BaseFederationServlet:
 
         With arguments:
 
-            origin (unicode|None): The authenticated server_name of the calling server,
+            origin (str|None): The authenticated server_name of the calling server,
                 unless REQUIRE_AUTH is set to False and authentication failed.
 
-            content (unicode|None): decoded json body of the request. None if the
+            content (str|None): decoded json body of the request. None if the
                 request was a GET.
 
             query (dict[bytes, list[bytes]]): Query params from the request. url-decoded
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py b/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
index a9912c467d..bf1221f523 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ class E2eKeysHandler:
         - signatures of the user's master key by the user's devices.
 
         Args:
-            user_id (string): the user uploading the keys
+            user_id: the user uploading the keys
             signatures (dict[string, dict]): map of devices to signed keys
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/e2e_room_keys.py b/synapse/handlers/e2e_room_keys.py
index 28dc08c22a..83f53ceb88 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/e2e_room_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/e2e_room_keys.py
@@ -377,8 +377,9 @@ class E2eRoomKeysHandler:
         """Deletes a given version of the user's e2e_room_keys backup
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): the user whose current backup version we're deleting
-            version(str): the version id of the backup being deleted
+            user_id: the user whose current backup version we're deleting
+            version: Optional. the version ID of the backup version we're deleting
+                If missing, we delete the current backup version info.
         Raises:
             NotFoundError: if this backup version doesn't exist
         """
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index 5fc3b8bc8c..188f0956ef 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -1596,8 +1596,8 @@ class FederationHandler:
         Fetch the complexity of a remote room over federation.
 
         Args:
-            remote_room_hosts (list[str]): The remote servers to ask.
-            room_id (str): The room ID to ask about.
+            remote_room_hosts: The remote servers to ask.
+            room_id: The room ID to ask about.
 
         Returns:
             Dict contains the complexity
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/identity.py b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
index 93d09e9939..848e46eb9b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/identity.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ class IdentityHandler:
             inviter_display_name: The current display name of the
                 inviter.
             inviter_avatar_url: The URL of the inviter's avatar.
-            id_access_token (str): The access token to authenticate to the identity
+            id_access_token: The access token to authenticate to the identity
                 server with
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/oidc.py b/synapse/handlers/oidc.py
index 867973dcca..41c675f408 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/oidc.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/oidc.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class OidcProvider:
                 Must include an ``access_token`` field.
 
         Returns:
-            UserInfo: an object representing the user.
+            an object representing the user.
         """
         logger.debug("Using the OAuth2 access_token to request userinfo")
         metadata = await self.load_metadata()
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index 0066d63987..b7bc787636 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class BasePresenceHandler(abc.ABC):
         """Get the current presence state for multiple users.
 
         Returns:
-            dict: `user_id` -> `UserPresenceState`
+            A mapping of `user_id` -> `UserPresenceState`
         """
         states = {}
         missing = []
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/saml.py b/synapse/handlers/saml.py
index 9602f0d0bb..874860d461 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/saml.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/saml.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class DefaultSamlMappingProvider:
             client_redirect_url: where the client wants to redirect to
 
         Returns:
-            dict: A dict containing new user attributes. Possible keys:
+            A dict containing new user attributes. Possible keys:
                 * mxid_localpart (str): Required. The localpart of the user's mxid
                 * displayname (str): The displayname of the user
                 * emails (list[str]): Any emails for the user
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class DefaultSamlMappingProvider:
         Args:
             config: A dictionary containing configuration options for this provider
         Returns:
-            SamlConfig: A custom config object for this module
+            A custom config object for this module
         """
         # Parse config options and use defaults where necessary
         mxid_source_attribute = config.get("mxid_source_attribute", "uid")
diff --git a/synapse/http/additional_resource.py b/synapse/http/additional_resource.py
index 6a9f6635d2..8729630581 100644
--- a/synapse/http/additional_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/http/additional_resource.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class AdditionalResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
 
         Args:
             hs: homeserver
-            handler ((twisted.web.server.Request) -> twisted.internet.defer.Deferred):
-                function to be called to handle the request.
+            handler: function to be called to handle the request.
         """
         super().__init__()
         self._handler = handler
diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
index 2f0177f1e2..0359231e7d 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
@@ -155,11 +155,10 @@ class MatrixFederationAgent:
                 a file for a file upload).  Or None if the request is to have
                 no body.
         Returns:
-            Deferred[twisted.web.iweb.IResponse]:
-                fires when the header of the response has been received (regardless of the
-                response status code). Fails if there is any problem which prevents that
-                response from being received (including problems that prevent the request
-                from being sent).
+            A deferred which fires when the header of the response has been received
+            (regardless of the response status code). Fails if there is any problem
+            which prevents that response from being received (including problems that
+            prevent the request from being sent).
         """
         # We use urlparse as that will set `port` to None if there is no
         # explicit port.
diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index 3c35b1d2c7..b92f1d3d1a 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -951,8 +951,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
 
             args: query params
         Returns:
-            dict|list: Succeeds when we get a 2xx HTTP response. The
-            result will be the decoded JSON body.
+            Succeeds when we get a 2xx HTTP response. The result will be the decoded JSON body.
 
         Raises:
             HttpResponseException: If we get an HTTP response code >= 300
diff --git a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
index 1f8227896f..18899bc6d1 100644
--- a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from twisted.web.client import (
 )
 from twisted.web.error import SchemeNotSupported
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
-from twisted.web.iweb import IAgent, IBodyProducer, IPolicyForHTTPS
+from twisted.web.iweb import IAgent, IBodyProducer, IPolicyForHTTPS, IResponse
 
 from synapse.http import redact_uri
 from synapse.http.connectproxyclient import HTTPConnectProxyEndpoint, ProxyCredentials
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ProxyAgent(_AgentBase):
         uri: bytes,
         headers: Optional[Headers] = None,
         bodyProducer: Optional[IBodyProducer] = None,
-    ) -> defer.Deferred:
+    ) -> "defer.Deferred[IResponse]":
         """
         Issue a request to the server indicated by the given uri.
 
@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ class ProxyAgent(_AgentBase):
                 a file upload). Or, None if the request is to have no body.
 
         Returns:
-            Deferred[IResponse]: completes when the header of the response has
-                 been received (regardless of the response status code).
+            A deferred which completes when the header of the response has
+            been received (regardless of the response status code).
 
-                 Can fail with:
-                    SchemeNotSupported: if the uri is not http or https
+            Can fail with:
+                SchemeNotSupported: if the uri is not http or https
 
-                    twisted.internet.error.TimeoutError if the server we are connecting
-                        to (proxy or destination) does not accept a connection before
-                        connectTimeout.
+                twisted.internet.error.TimeoutError if the server we are connecting
+                    to (proxy or destination) does not accept a connection before
+                    connectTimeout.
 
-                    ... other things too.
+                ... other things too.
         """
         uri = uri.strip()
         if not _VALID_URI.match(uri):
diff --git a/synapse/http/server.py b/synapse/http/server.py
index b26e34bceb..051a1899a0 100644
--- a/synapse/http/server.py
+++ b/synapse/http/server.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class HttpServer(Protocol):
                 request. The first argument will be the request object and
                 subsequent arguments will be any matched groups from the regex.
                 This should return either tuple of (code, response), or None.
-            servlet_classname (str): The name of the handler to be used in prometheus
+            servlet_classname: The name of the handler to be used in prometheus
                 and opentracing logs.
         """
 
diff --git a/synapse/http/site.py b/synapse/http/site.py
index 3dbd541fed..6a1dbf7f33 100644
--- a/synapse/http/site.py
+++ b/synapse/http/site.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ class SynapseRequest(Request):
         be sure to call finished_processing.
 
         Args:
-            servlet_name (str): the name of the servlet which will be
+            servlet_name: the name of the servlet which will be
                 processing this request. This is used in the metrics.
 
                 It is possible to update this afterwards by updating
diff --git a/synapse/logging/context.py b/synapse/logging/context.py
index 6a08ffed64..f62bea968f 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/context.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/context.py
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ class ContextResourceUsage:
         """Create a new ContextResourceUsage
 
         Args:
-            copy_from (ContextResourceUsage|None): if not None, an object to
-                copy stats from
+            copy_from: if not None, an object to copy stats from
         """
         if copy_from is None:
             self.reset()
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ class ContextResourceUsage:
         """Add another ContextResourceUsage's stats to this one's.
 
         Args:
-            other (ContextResourceUsage): the other resource usage object
+            other: the other resource usage object
         """
         self.ru_utime += other.ru_utime
         self.ru_stime += other.ru_stime
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ class LoggingContext:
         called directly.
 
         Returns:
-            LoggingContext: the current logging context
+            The current logging context
         """
         warnings.warn(
             "synapse.logging.context.LoggingContext.current_context() is deprecated "
@@ -362,7 +361,8 @@ class LoggingContext:
         called directly.
 
         Args:
-            context(LoggingContext): The context to activate.
+            context: The context to activate.
+
         Returns:
             The context that was previously active
         """
@@ -474,8 +474,7 @@ class LoggingContext:
         """Get resources used by this logcontext so far.
 
         Returns:
-            ContextResourceUsage: a *copy* of the object tracking resource
-                usage so far
+            A *copy* of the object tracking resource usage so far
         """
         # we always return a copy, for consistency
         res = self._resource_usage.copy()
@@ -663,7 +662,8 @@ def current_context() -> LoggingContextOrSentinel:
 def set_current_context(context: LoggingContextOrSentinel) -> LoggingContextOrSentinel:
     """Set the current logging context in thread local storage
     Args:
-        context(LoggingContext): The context to activate.
+        context: The context to activate.
+
     Returns:
         The context that was previously active
     """
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ def nested_logging_context(suffix: str) -> LoggingContext:
         suffix: suffix to add to the parent context's 'name'.
 
     Returns:
-        LoggingContext: new logging context.
+        A new logging context.
     """
     curr_context = current_context()
     if not curr_context:
@@ -898,20 +898,19 @@ def defer_to_thread(
     on it.
 
     Args:
-        reactor (twisted.internet.base.ReactorBase): The reactor in whose main thread
-            the Deferred will be invoked, and whose threadpool we should use for the
-            function.
+        reactor: The reactor in whose main thread the Deferred will be invoked,
+            and whose threadpool we should use for the function.
 
             Normally this will be hs.get_reactor().
 
-        f (callable): The function to call.
+        f: The function to call.
 
         args: positional arguments to pass to f.
 
         kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to f.
 
     Returns:
-        Deferred: A Deferred which fires a callback with the result of `f`, or an
+        A Deferred which fires a callback with the result of `f`, or an
             errback if `f` throws an exception.
     """
     return defer_to_threadpool(reactor, reactor.getThreadPool(), f, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -939,20 +938,20 @@ def defer_to_threadpool(
     on it.
 
     Args:
-        reactor (twisted.internet.base.ReactorBase): The reactor in whose main thread
-            the Deferred will be invoked. Normally this will be hs.get_reactor().
+        reactor: The reactor in whose main thread the Deferred will be invoked.
+            Normally this will be hs.get_reactor().
 
-        threadpool (twisted.python.threadpool.ThreadPool): The threadpool to use for
-            running `f`. Normally this will be hs.get_reactor().getThreadPool().
+        threadpool: The threadpool to use for running `f`. Normally this will be
+            hs.get_reactor().getThreadPool().
 
-        f (callable): The function to call.
+        f: The function to call.
 
         args: positional arguments to pass to f.
 
         kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to f.
 
     Returns:
-        Deferred: A Deferred which fires a callback with the result of `f`, or an
+        A Deferred which fires a callback with the result of `f`, or an
             errback if `f` throws an exception.
     """
     curr_context = current_context()
diff --git a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
index 8ce5a2a338..b69060854f 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ def inject_header_dict(
         destination: address of entity receiving the span context. Must be given unless
             check_destination is False. The context will only be injected if the
             destination matches the opentracing whitelist
-        check_destination (bool): If false, destination will be ignored and the context
+        check_destination: If false, destination will be ignored and the context
             will always be injected.
 
     Note:
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def get_active_span_text_map(destination: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, str
         destination: the name of the remote server.
 
     Returns:
-        dict: the active span's context if opentracing is enabled, otherwise empty.
+        the active span's context if opentracing is enabled, otherwise empty.
     """
 
     if destination and not whitelisted_homeserver(destination):
diff --git a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
index 30e689d00d..1adc1fd64f 100644
--- a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class ModuleApi:
         Added in Synapse v0.25.0.
 
         Args:
-            access_token(str): access token
+            access_token: access token
 
         Returns:
             twisted.internet.defer.Deferred - resolves once the access token
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class ModuleApi:
             **kwargs: named args to be passed to func
 
         Returns:
-            Deferred[object]: result of func
+            Result of func
         """
         # type-ignore: See https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/8862
         return defer.ensureDeferred(
@@ -924,8 +924,7 @@ class ModuleApi:
                 to represent 'any') of the room state to acquire.
 
         Returns:
-            twisted.internet.defer.Deferred[list(synapse.events.FrozenEvent)]:
-                The filtered state events in the room.
+            The filtered state events in the room.
         """
         state_ids = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
             self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state_ids(
diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
index 5e661f8c73..3f4d3fc51a 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class ReplicationEndpoint(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         argument list.
 
         Returns:
-            dict: If POST/PUT request then dictionary must be JSON serialisable,
+            If POST/PUT request then dictionary must be JSON serialisable,
             otherwise must be appropriate for adding as query args.
         """
         return {}
diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/users.py b/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
index 1951b8a9f2..6e0c44be2a 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
@@ -903,8 +903,9 @@ class PushersRestServlet(RestServlet):
         @user:server/pushers
 
     Returns:
-        pushers: Dictionary containing pushers information.
-        total: Number of pushers in dictionary `pushers`.
+        A dictionary with keys:
+            pushers: Dictionary containing pushers information.
+            total: Number of pushers in dictionary `pushers`.
     """
 
     PATTERNS = admin_patterns("/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/pushers$")
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/login.py
index 05706b598c..8adced41e5 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/login.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
             auth_provider_session_id: The session ID got during login from the SSO IdP.
 
         Returns:
-            result: Dictionary of account information after successful login.
+            Dictionary of account information after successful login.
         """
 
         # Before we actually log them in we check if they've already logged in
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
index 328c0c5477..40b0d39eb2 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ class MediaRepository:
         download from remote server.
 
         Args:
-            server_name (str): Remote server_name where the media originated.
-            media_id (str): The media ID of the content (as defined by the
+            server_name: Remote server_name where the media originated.
+            media_id: The media ID of the content (as defined by the
                 remote server).
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
index 9b93b9b4f6..a48a4de92a 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Thumbnailer:
         """Rescales the image to the given dimensions.
 
         Returns:
-            BytesIO: the bytes of the encoded image ready to be written to disk
+            The bytes of the encoded image ready to be written to disk
         """
         with self._resize(width, height) as scaled:
             return self._encode_image(scaled, output_type)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Thumbnailer:
             max_height: The largest possible height.
 
         Returns:
-            BytesIO: the bytes of the encoded image ready to be written to disk
+            The bytes of the encoded image ready to be written to disk
         """
         if width * self.height > height * self.width:
             scaled_width = width
diff --git a/synapse/server_notices/consent_server_notices.py b/synapse/server_notices/consent_server_notices.py
index 698ca742ed..94025ba41f 100644
--- a/synapse/server_notices/consent_server_notices.py
+++ b/synapse/server_notices/consent_server_notices.py
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@ def copy_with_str_subst(x: Any, substitutions: Any) -> Any:
     """Deep-copy a structure, carrying out string substitutions on any strings
 
     Args:
-        x (object): structure to be copied
-        substitutions (object): substitutions to be made - passed into the
-            string '%' operator
+        x: structure to be copied
+        substitutions: substitutions to be made - passed into the string '%' operator
 
     Returns:
         copy of x
diff --git a/synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py b/synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py
index 3134cd2d3d..a31a2c99a7 100644
--- a/synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py
+++ b/synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ class ResourceLimitsServerNotices:
             room_id: The room id of the server notices room
 
         Returns:
-            bool: Is the room currently blocked
-            list: The list of pinned event IDs that are unrelated to limit blocking
-            This list can be used as a convenience in the case where the block
-            is to be lifted and the remaining pinned event references need to be
-            preserved
+            Tuple of:
+                Is the room currently blocked
+
+                The list of pinned event IDs that are unrelated to limit blocking
+                This list can be used as a convenience in the case where the block
+                is to be lifted and the remaining pinned event references need to be
+                preserved
         """
         currently_blocked = False
         pinned_state_event = None
diff --git a/synapse/storage/controllers/persist_events.py b/synapse/storage/controllers/persist_events.py
index 48976dc570..33ffef521b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/controllers/persist_events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/controllers/persist_events.py
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ class _EventPeristenceQueue(Generic[_PersistResult]):
         process to to so, calling the per_item_callback for each item.
 
         Args:
-            room_id (str):
-            task (_EventPersistQueueTask): A _PersistEventsTask or
-                _UpdateCurrentStateTask to process.
+            room_id:
+            task: A _PersistEventsTask or _UpdateCurrentStateTask to process.
 
         Returns:
             the result returned by the `_per_item_callback` passed to
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py
index aa58c2adc3..e114c733d1 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class DeviceWorkerStore(RoomMemberWorkerStore, EndToEndKeyWorkerStore):
             limit: Maximum number of device updates to return
 
         Returns:
-            List: List of device update tuples:
+            List of device update tuples:
                 - user_id
                 - device_id
                 - stream_id
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/e2e_room_keys.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/e2e_room_keys.py
index af59be6b48..6240f9a75e 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/e2e_room_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/e2e_room_keys.py
@@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
         Returns:
             A dict giving the info metadata for this backup version, with
             fields including:
-                version(str)
-                algorithm(str)
-                auth_data(object): opaque dict supplied by the client
-                etag(int): tag of the keys in the backup
+                version (str)
+                algorithm (str)
+                auth_data (object): opaque dict supplied by the client
+                etag (int): tag of the keys in the backup
         """
 
         def _get_e2e_room_keys_version_info_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> JsonDict:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/end_to_end_keys.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/end_to_end_keys.py
index 2a4f58ed92..cf33e73e2b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/end_to_end_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/end_to_end_keys.py
@@ -412,10 +412,9 @@ class EndToEndKeyWorkerStore(EndToEndKeyBackgroundStore, CacheInvalidationWorker
         """Retrieve a number of one-time keys for a user
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): id of user to get keys for
-            device_id(str): id of device to get keys for
-            key_ids(list[str]): list of key ids (excluding algorithm) to
-                retrieve
+            user_id: id of user to get keys for
+            device_id: id of device to get keys for
+            key_ids: list of key ids (excluding algorithm) to retrieve
 
         Returns:
             A map from (algorithm, key_id) to json string for key
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
index c4acff5be6..d68f127f9b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
@@ -1279,9 +1279,10 @@ class PersistEventsStore:
         Pick the earliest non-outlier if there is one, else the earliest one.
 
         Args:
-            events_and_contexts (list[(EventBase, EventContext)]):
+            events_and_contexts:
+
         Returns:
-            list[(EventBase, EventContext)]: filtered list
+            filtered list
         """
         new_events_and_contexts: OrderedDict[
             str, Tuple[EventBase, EventContext]
@@ -1307,9 +1308,8 @@ class PersistEventsStore:
         """Update min_depth for each room
 
         Args:
-            txn (twisted.enterprise.adbapi.Connection): db connection
-            events_and_contexts (list[(EventBase, EventContext)]): events
-                we are persisting
+            txn: db connection
+            events_and_contexts: events we are persisting
         """
         depth_updates: Dict[str, int] = {}
         for event, context in events_and_contexts:
@@ -1580,13 +1580,11 @@ class PersistEventsStore:
         """Update all the miscellaneous tables for new events
 
         Args:
-            txn (twisted.enterprise.adbapi.Connection): db connection
-            events_and_contexts (list[(EventBase, EventContext)]): events
-                we are persisting
-            all_events_and_contexts (list[(EventBase, EventContext)]): all
-                events that we were going to persist. This includes events
-                we've already persisted, etc, that wouldn't appear in
-                events_and_context.
+            txn: db connection
+            events_and_contexts: events we are persisting
+            all_events_and_contexts: all events that we were going to persist.
+                This includes events we've already persisted, etc, that wouldn't
+                appear in events_and_context.
             inhibit_local_membership_updates: Stop the local_current_membership
                 from being updated by these events. This should be set to True
                 for backfilled events because backfilled events in the past do
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
index 467d20253d..8a104f7e93 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             room_id: The room ID to query.
 
         Returns:
-            dict[str:float] of complexity version to complexity.
+            Map of complexity version to complexity.
         """
         state_events = await self.get_current_state_event_counts(room_id)
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
index efd136a864..db9a24db5e 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class MonthlyActiveUsersWorkerStore(RegistrationWorkerStore):
         def _reap_users(txn: LoggingTransaction, reserved_users: List[str]) -> None:
             """
             Args:
-                reserved_users (tuple): reserved users to preserve
+                reserved_users: reserved users to preserve
             """
 
             thirty_days_ago = int(self._clock.time_msec()) - (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 30)
@@ -370,8 +370,8 @@ class MonthlyActiveUsersWorkerStore(RegistrationWorkerStore):
         should not appear in the MAU stats).
 
         Args:
-            txn (cursor):
-            user_id (str): user to add/update
+            txn:
+            user_id: user to add/update
         """
         assert (
             self._update_on_this_worker
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class MonthlyActiveUsersWorkerStore(RegistrationWorkerStore):
         add the user to the monthly active tables
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): the user_id to query
+            user_id: the user_id to query
         """
         assert (
             self._update_on_this_worker
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
index 5167089e03..31f0f2bd3d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(CacheInvalidationWorkerStore):
         """Returns user id from threepid
 
         Args:
-            txn (cursor):
+            txn:
             medium: threepid medium e.g. email
             address: threepid address e.g. me@example.com
 
@@ -1283,8 +1283,8 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(CacheInvalidationWorkerStore):
         """Sets an expiration date to the account with the given user ID.
 
         Args:
-             user_id (str): User ID to set an expiration date for.
-             use_delta (bool): If set to False, the expiration date for the user will be
+             user_id: User ID to set an expiration date for.
+             use_delta: If set to False, the expiration date for the user will be
                 now + validity period. If set to True, this expiration date will be a
                 random value in the [now + period - d ; now + period] range, d being a
                 delta equal to 10% of the validity period.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
index 7d97f8f60e..4fbaefad73 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
@@ -2057,7 +2057,8 @@ class RoomStore(RoomBackgroundUpdateStore, RoomWorkerStore):
         Args:
             report_id: ID of reported event in database
         Returns:
-            event_report: json list of information from event report
+            JSON dict of information from an event report or None if the
+            report does not exist.
         """
 
         def _get_event_report_txn(
@@ -2130,8 +2131,9 @@ class RoomStore(RoomBackgroundUpdateStore, RoomWorkerStore):
             user_id: search for user_id. Ignored if user_id is None
             room_id: search for room_id. Ignored if room_id is None
         Returns:
-            event_reports: json list of event reports
-            count: total number of event reports matching the filter criteria
+            Tuple of:
+                json list of event reports
+                total number of event reports matching the filter criteria
         """
 
         def _get_event_reports_paginate_txn(
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
index ddb25b5cea..698d6f7515 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ class UserDirectoryBackgroundUpdateStore(StateDeltasStore):
         - who should be in the user_directory.
 
         Args:
-            progress (dict)
-            batch_size (int): Maximum number of state events to process
-                per cycle.
+            progress
+            batch_size: Maximum number of state events to process per cycle.
 
         Returns:
             number of events processed.
@@ -708,10 +707,10 @@ class UserDirectoryStore(UserDirectoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
         Returns the rooms that a user is in.
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): Must be a local user
+            user_id: Must be a local user
 
         Returns:
-            list: user_id
+            List of room IDs
         """
         rows = await self.db_pool.simple_select_onecol(
             table="users_who_share_private_rooms",
diff --git a/synapse/types.py b/synapse/types.py
index 773f0438d5..f2d436ddc3 100644
--- a/synapse/types.py
+++ b/synapse/types.py
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ class Requester:
         Requester.
 
         Args:
-            store (DataStore): Used to convert AS ID to AS object
-            input (dict): A dict produced by `serialize`
+            store: Used to convert AS ID to AS object
+            input: A dict produced by `serialize`
 
         Returns:
             Requester
diff --git a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
index 7f1d41eb3c..d24c4f68c4 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ async def concurrently_execute(
         limit: Maximum number of conccurent executions.
 
     Returns:
-        Deferred: Resolved when all function invocations have finished.
+        None, when all function invocations have finished. The return values
+        from those functions are discarded.
     """
     it = iter(args)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
index f7c3a6794e..9387632d0d 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def register_cache(
         resize_callback: A function which can be called to resize the cache.
 
     Returns:
-        CacheMetric: an object which provides inc_{hits,misses,evictions} methods
+        an object which provides inc_{hits,misses,evictions} methods
     """
     if resizable:
         if not resize_callback:
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/deferred_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/deferred_cache.py
index bcb1cba362..bf7bd351e0 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/deferred_cache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/deferred_cache.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class DeferredCache(Generic[KT, VT]):
         Args:
             key:
             callback: Gets called when the entry in the cache is invalidated
-            update_metrics (bool): whether to update the cache hit rate metrics
+            update_metrics: whether to update the cache hit rate metrics
 
         Returns:
             A Deferred which completes with the result. Note that this may later fail
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
index fa91479c97..5eaf70c7ab 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@ class DictionaryCache(Generic[KT, DKT, DV]):
                 if it is in the cache.
 
         Returns:
-            DictionaryEntry: If `dict_keys` is not None then `DictionaryEntry`
-            will contain include the keys that are in the cache. If None then
-            will either return the full dict if in the cache, or the empty
-            dict (with `full` set to False) if it isn't.
+            If `dict_keys` is not None then `DictionaryEntry` will contain include
+            the keys that are in the cache.
+
+            If None then will either return the full dict if in the cache, or the
+            empty dict (with `full` set to False) if it isn't.
         """
         if dict_keys is None:
             # The caller wants the full set of dictionary keys for this cache key
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
index c6a5d0dfc0..01ad02af67 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ExpiringCache(Generic[KT, VT]):
         items from the cache.
 
         Returns:
-            bool: Whether the cache changed size or not.
+            Whether the cache changed size or not.
         """
         new_size = int(self._original_max_size * factor)
         if new_size != self._max_size:
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
index aa93109d13..dcf0eac3bf 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ class LruCache(Generic[KT, VT]):
             cache_name: The name of this cache, for the prometheus metrics. If unset,
                 no metrics will be reported on this cache.
 
-            cache_type (type):
+            cache_type:
                 type of underlying cache to be used. Typically one of dict
                 or TreeCache.
 
-            size_callback (func(V) -> int | None):
+            size_callback:
 
             metrics_collection_callback:
                 metrics collection callback. This is called early in the metrics
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class LruCache(Generic[KT, VT]):
 
                 Ignored if cache_name is None.
 
-            apply_cache_factor_from_config (bool): If true, `max_size` will be
+            apply_cache_factor_from_config: If true, `max_size` will be
                 multiplied by a cache factor derived from the homeserver config
 
             clock:
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class LruCache(Generic[KT, VT]):
         items from the cache.
 
         Returns:
-            bool: Whether the cache changed size or not.
+            Whether the cache changed size or not.
         """
         if not self.apply_cache_factor_from_config:
             return False
diff --git a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
index 9f64fed0d7..2aceb1a47f 100644
--- a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class FederationRateLimiter:
                 # Handle request ...
 
         Args:
-            host (str): Origin of incoming request.
+            host: Origin of incoming request.
 
         Returns:
             context manager which returns a deferred.
diff --git a/synapse/util/threepids.py b/synapse/util/threepids.py
index 1e9c2faa64..54bc7589fd 100644
--- a/synapse/util/threepids.py
+++ b/synapse/util/threepids.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async def check_3pid_allowed(
         registration: whether we want to bind the 3PID as part of registering a new user.
 
     Returns:
-        bool: whether the 3PID medium/address is allowed to be added to this HS
+        whether the 3PID medium/address is allowed to be added to this HS
     """
     if not await hs.get_password_auth_provider().is_3pid_allowed(
         medium, address, registration
diff --git a/synapse/util/wheel_timer.py b/synapse/util/wheel_timer.py
index 177e198e7e..b1ec7f4bd8 100644
--- a/synapse/util/wheel_timer.py
+++ b/synapse/util/wheel_timer.py
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ class WheelTimer(Generic[T]):
         """Fetch any objects that have timed out
 
         Args:
-            now (ms): Current time in msec
+            now: Current time in msec
 
         Returns:
-            list: List of objects that have timed out
+            List of objects that have timed out
         """
         now_key = int(now / self.bucket_size)