diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
index e731dd33f5bb5..239891870cc3b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def f(self):
         return result
 
     f.__name__ = name
-    f.__doc__ = docstring
+    f.__doc__ = "\n{}\n".format(docstring)
     return property(f)
 
 
@@ -1129,12 +1129,12 @@ def date(self):
         "The name of day in a week (ex: Friday)\n\n.. deprecated:: 0.23.0")
 
     dayofyear = _field_accessor('dayofyear', 'doy',
-                                "\nThe ordinal day of the year\n")
-    quarter = _field_accessor('quarter', 'q', "\nThe quarter of the date\n")
+                                "The ordinal day of the year.")
+    quarter = _field_accessor('quarter', 'q', "The quarter of the date.")
     days_in_month = _field_accessor(
         'days_in_month',
         'dim',
-        "\nThe number of days in the month\n")
+        "The number of days in the month.")
     daysinmonth = days_in_month
     _is_month_doc = """
         Indicates whether the date is the {first_or_last} day of the month.
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/timedeltas.py b/pandas/core/arrays/timedeltas.py
index 830283d31a929..4afc9f5483c2a 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/timedeltas.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/timedeltas.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def f(self):
         return result
 
     f.__name__ = name
-    f.__doc__ = docstring
+    f.__doc__ = "\n{}\n".format(docstring)
     return property(f)
 
 
@@ -684,16 +684,16 @@ def to_pytimedelta(self):
         return tslibs.ints_to_pytimedelta(self.asi8)
 
     days = _field_accessor("days", "days",
-                           "\nNumber of days for each element.\n")
+                           "Number of days for each element.")
     seconds = _field_accessor("seconds", "seconds",
-                              "\nNumber of seconds (>= 0 and less than 1 day) "
-                              "for each element.\n")
+                              "Number of seconds (>= 0 and less than 1 day) "
+                              "for each element.")
     microseconds = _field_accessor("microseconds", "microseconds",
-                                   "\nNumber of microseconds (>= 0 and less "
-                                   "than 1 second) for each element.\n")
+                                   "Number of microseconds (>= 0 and less "
+                                   "than 1 second) for each element.")
     nanoseconds = _field_accessor("nanoseconds", "nanoseconds",
-                                  "\nNumber of nanoseconds (>= 0 and less "
-                                  "than 1 microsecond) for each element.\n")
+                                  "Number of nanoseconds (>= 0 and less "
+                                  "than 1 microsecond) for each element.")
 
     @property
     def components(self):