diff --git a/src/services/jsDoc.ts b/src/services/jsDoc.ts
index 257531c14e8d9..a8d4c1a4e03fd 100644
--- a/src/services/jsDoc.ts
+++ b/src/services/jsDoc.ts
@@ -439,12 +439,18 @@ namespace ts.JsDoc {
 
             case SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration:
             case SyntaxKind.InterfaceDeclaration:
-            case SyntaxKind.PropertySignature:
             case SyntaxKind.EnumDeclaration:
             case SyntaxKind.EnumMember:
             case SyntaxKind.TypeAliasDeclaration:
                 return { commentOwner };
 
+            case SyntaxKind.PropertySignature: {
+                const host = commentOwner as PropertySignature;
+                return host.type && isFunctionTypeNode(host.type)
+                    ? { commentOwner, parameters: host.type.parameters, hasReturn: hasReturn(host.type, options) }
+                    : { commentOwner };
+            }
+
             case SyntaxKind.VariableStatement: {
                 const varStatement = commentOwner as VariableStatement;
                 const varDeclarations = varStatement.declarationList.declarations;
@@ -486,7 +492,7 @@ namespace ts.JsDoc {
 
     function hasReturn(node: Node, options: DocCommentTemplateOptions | undefined) {
         return !!options?.generateReturnInDocTemplate &&
-            (isArrowFunction(node) && isExpression(node.body)
+            (isFunctionTypeNode(node) || isArrowFunction(node) && isExpression(node.body)
                 || isFunctionLikeDeclaration(node) && node.body && isBlock(node.body) && !!forEachReturnStatement(node.body, n => n));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateInterfacePropertyFunctionType.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateInterfacePropertyFunctionType.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d14274800e61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateInterfacePropertyFunctionType.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+////interface I {
+////    /**/
+////    foo: (a: number, b: string) => void;
+////}
+
+verify.docCommentTemplateAt("", 12,
+   `/**
+     * 
+     * @param a
+     * @param b
+     * @returns
+     */`);
+
+verify.docCommentTemplateAt("", 12,
+   `/**
+     * 
+     * @param a
+     * @param b
+     */`, { generateReturnInDocTemplate: false });