diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 844bf532..01246a06 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ addons:
 before_script:
   - npm install -g jsdoc-to-markdown@4.0.1
   - npm install -g google-closure-compiler@20190528.0.0
+  - pip install pydoc-markdown
 
 script:
   - export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-6
diff --git a/generate/makedoc b/generate/makedoc
index 91819d09..e74785c0 100755
--- a/generate/makedoc
+++ b/generate/makedoc
@@ -48,4 +48,9 @@ else
     echo "(Skipping generation of C documentation because file generate_c_docs does not exist.)"
 fi
 
+echo "Generating Python documentation."
+cd ../source/python || Fail "Error changing directory to ../source/python"
+pydocmd simple astronomy+ > README.md || Fail "Error in pydocmd"
+cd ../../generate || Fail "Error changing directory back"
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/generate/template/astronomy.py b/generate/template/astronomy.py
index c2cb2fb2..2f6fb793 100644
--- a/generate/template/astronomy.py
+++ b/generate/template/astronomy.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ def _TerrestrialTime(ut):
     return ut + _DeltaT(ut + _Y2000_IN_MJD) / 86400.0
 
 class Time:
+    """Represents a date and time used for performing astronomy calculations.
+    """
     def __init__(self, ut):
         self.ut = ut
         self.tt = _TerrestrialTime(ut)
@@ -181,6 +183,16 @@ class Time:
 
     @staticmethod
     def Make(year, month, day, hour, minute, second):
+        """Creates a #Time object from a UTC calendar date and time.
+
+        :param year: The UTC 4-digit year value, e.g. 2019.
+        :param month: The UTC month in the range 1..12.
+        :param day: The UTC day of the month, in the range 1..31.
+        :param hour: The UTC hour, in the range 0..23.
+        :param minute: The UTC minute, in the range 0..59.
+        :param second: The real-valued UTC second, in the range [0, 60).
+        :rtype: #Time
+        """
         micro = round(math.fmod(second, 1.0) * 1000000)
         second = math.floor(second - micro/1000000)
         d = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, micro)
@@ -213,6 +225,8 @@ class Time:
 
 
 class Observer:
+    """Represents the geographic location of an observer on the surface of the Earth.
+    """
     def __init__(self, latitude, longitude, height=0):
         self.latitude = latitude
         self.longitude = longitude
diff --git a/source/python/README.md b/source/python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd1b9f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# astronomy
+
+## Time
+```python
+Time(self, ut)
+```
+Represents a date and time used for performing astronomy calculations.
+
+## Observer
+```python
+Observer(self, latitude, longitude, height=0)
+```
+Represents the geographic location of an observer on the surface of the Earth.
+
diff --git a/source/python/astronomy.py b/source/python/astronomy.py
index 699cfa1d..d2b97267 100644
--- a/source/python/astronomy.py
+++ b/source/python/astronomy.py
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ def _TerrestrialTime(ut):
     return ut + _DeltaT(ut + _Y2000_IN_MJD) / 86400.0
 
 class Time:
+    """Represents a date and time used for performing astronomy calculations.
+    """
     def __init__(self, ut):
         self.ut = ut
         self.tt = _TerrestrialTime(ut)
@@ -272,6 +274,16 @@ class Time:
 
     @staticmethod
     def Make(year, month, day, hour, minute, second):
+        """Creates a #Time object from a UTC calendar date and time.
+
+        :param year: The UTC 4-digit year value, e.g. 2019.
+        :param month: The UTC month in the range 1..12.
+        :param day: The UTC day of the month, in the range 1..31.
+        :param hour: The UTC hour, in the range 0..23.
+        :param minute: The UTC minute, in the range 0..59.
+        :param second: The real-valued UTC second, in the range [0, 60).
+        :rtype: #Time
+        """
         micro = round(math.fmod(second, 1.0) * 1000000)
         second = math.floor(second - micro/1000000)
         d = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, micro)
@@ -304,6 +316,8 @@ class Time:
 
 
 class Observer:
+    """Represents the geographic location of an observer on the surface of the Earth.
+    """
     def __init__(self, latitude, longitude, height=0):
         self.latitude = latitude
         self.longitude = longitude