diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4d412799a7b..5f8c8821a43 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
 * #7613: autodoc: autodoc does not respect __signature__ of the class
+* #4606: autodoc: the location of the warning is incorrect for inherited method
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
index 3f249588228..66bd2c69b73 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
@@ -543,9 +543,18 @@ def process_doc(self, docstrings: List[List[str]]) -> Iterator[str]:
             yield from docstringlines
 
     def get_sourcename(self) -> str:
+        if (getattr(self.object, '__module__', None) and
+                getattr(self.object, '__qualname__', None)):
+            # Get the correct location of docstring from self.object
+            # to support inherited methods
+            fullname = '%s.%s' % (self.object.__module__, self.object.__qualname__)
+        else:
+            fullname = self.fullname
+
         if self.analyzer:
-            return '%s:docstring of %s' % (self.analyzer.srcname, self.fullname)
-        return 'docstring of %s' % self.fullname
+            return '%s:docstring of %s' % (self.analyzer.srcname, fullname)
+        else:
+            return 'docstring of %s' % fullname
 
     def add_content(self, more_content: Any, no_docstring: bool = False) -> None:
         """Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user."""