diff --git a/example/example11.ref b/example/example11.ref
index 8edc06580..54e4fef31 100644
--- a/example/example11.ref
+++ b/example/example11.ref
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 Help on built-in function kw_func in module example
 
 kkww__ffuunncc(...)
-    Signature : (x : int, y : int) -> NoneType
+    kw_func(x : int, y : int) -> NoneType
 
 Help on built-in function kw_func2 in module example
 
 kkww__ffuunncc22(...)
-    Signature : (x : int = 100L, y : int = 200L) -> NoneType
+    kw_func2(x : int = 100L, y : int = 200L) -> NoneType
 
 Help on built-in function kw_func3 in module example
 
 kkww__ffuunncc33(...)
-    Signature : (data : unicode = u'Hello world!') -> NoneType
+    kw_func3(data : unicode = u'Hello world!') -> NoneType
 
 Help on built-in function kw_func4 in module example
 
 kkww__ffuunncc44(...)
-    Signature : (myList : list<int> = [13L, 17L]) -> NoneType
+    kw_func4(myList : list<int> = [13L, 17L]) -> NoneType
 
 kw_func(x=5, y=10)
 kw_func(x=5, y=10)
diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index 4cf8ead1f..a9d5a1236 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -295,10 +295,17 @@ protected:
         int index = 0;
         /* Create a nice pydoc rec including all signatures and
            docstrings of the functions in the overload chain */
+        if (chain) {
+            // First a generic signature
+            signatures += rec->name;
+            signatures += "(*args, **kwargs)\n";
+            signatures += "Overloaded function.\n\n";
+        }
+        // Then specific overload signatures
         for (auto it = chain_start; it != nullptr; it = it->next) {
             if (chain)
                 signatures += std::to_string(++index) + ". ";
-            signatures += "Signature : ";
+            signatures += rec->name;
             signatures += it->signature;
             signatures += "\n";
             if (it->doc && strlen(it->doc) > 0) {