diff --git a/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs b/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
index 2561294f38d..b40da9a111c 100644
--- a/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
+++ b/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
@@ -481,12 +481,15 @@ impl Attrs {
                         "parse attribute is not allowed for flattened entry"
                     );
                 }
-                if res.has_explicit_methods() || res.has_doc_methods() {
+                if res.has_explicit_methods() {
                     abort!(
                         res.kind.span(),
-                        "methods and doc comments are not allowed for flattened entry"
+                        "methods are not allowed for flattened entry"
                     );
                 }
+
+                // ignore doc comments
+                res.doc_comment = vec![];
             }
 
             Kind::ExternalSubcommand => {
@@ -695,14 +698,6 @@ impl Attrs {
             .iter()
             .any(|m| m.name != "about" && m.name != "long_about")
     }
-
-    pub fn has_doc_methods(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.doc_comment.is_empty()
-            || self
-                .methods
-                .iter()
-                .any(|m| m.name == "about" || m.name == "long_about")
-    }
 }
 
 /// replace all `:` with `, ` when not inside the `<>`
diff --git a/clap_derive/tests/flatten.rs b/clap_derive/tests/flatten.rs
index 77f99addee9..702f1ae9757 100644
--- a/clap_derive/tests/flatten.rs
+++ b/clap_derive/tests/flatten.rs
@@ -132,3 +132,22 @@ fn merge_subcommands_with_flatten() {
         Opt::parse_from(&["test", "command2", "43"])
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn flatten_with_doc_comment() {
+    #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
+    struct DaemonOpts {
+        #[clap(short)]
+        user: String,
+        #[clap(short)]
+        group: String,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
+    #[clap(name = "basic")]
+    struct Opt {
+        /// A very important doc comment I just can't leave out!
+        #[clap(flatten)]
+        opts: DaemonOpts,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.rs b/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index dea35c23349..00000000000
--- a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 Guillaume Pinot (@TeXitoi) <texitoi@texitoi.eu>
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-use clap::Clap;
-
-#[derive(Clap, Debug)]
-struct DaemonOpts {
-    #[clap(short)]
-    user: String,
-    #[clap(short)]
-    group: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Clap, Debug)]
-#[clap(name = "basic")]
-struct Opt {
-    /// Opts.
-    #[clap(flatten)]
-    opts: DaemonOpts,
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let opt = Opt::parse();
-    println!("{:?}", opt);
-}
diff --git a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.stderr b/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index fec9a79bb97..00000000000
--- a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_doc.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-error: methods and doc comments are not allowed for flattened entry
-  --> $DIR/flatten_and_doc.rs:23:12
-   |
-23 |     #[clap(flatten)]
-   |            ^^^^^^^
diff --git a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_methods.stderr b/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_methods.stderr
index 0b86ceeda61..772f2df8c38 100644
--- a/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_methods.stderr
+++ b/clap_derive/tests/ui/flatten_and_methods.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: methods and doc comments are not allowed for flattened entry
+error: methods are not allowed for flattened entry
   --> $DIR/flatten_and_methods.rs:22:19
    |
 22 |     #[clap(short, flatten)]