diff --git a/Lib/dataclasses.py b/Lib/dataclasses.py
index 730ced7299865e..06c5d627a11a4a 100644
--- a/Lib/dataclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/dataclasses.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import sys
 import copy
 import types
-import inspect
 import keyword
 import itertools
 import annotationlib
@@ -982,6 +981,29 @@ def _hash_exception(cls, fields, func_builder):
 # See https://bugs.python.org/issue32929#msg312829 for an if-statement
 # version of this table.
 
+class AutoDocstring:
+    """A non-data descriptor to autogenerate class docstring
+    from the signature of its __init__ method.
+    """
+
+    def __get__(self, _obj, cls):
+        # TODO: Make this top-level lazy import once PEP810 lands
+        import inspect
+
+        try:
+            # In some cases fetching a signature is not possible.
+            # But, we surely should not fail in this case.
+            text_sig = str(inspect.signature(
+                 cls,
+                 annotation_format=annotationlib.Format.FORWARDREF,
+            )).replace(' -> None', '')
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            text_sig = ''
+
+        doc = cls.__name__ + text_sig
+        setattr(cls, '__doc__', doc)
+        return doc
+
 
 def _process_class(cls, init, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, frozen,
                    match_args, kw_only, slots, weakref_slot):
@@ -1209,23 +1231,13 @@ def _process_class(cls, init, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, frozen,
     if hash_action:
         cls.__hash__ = hash_action(cls, field_list, func_builder)
 
-    # Generate the methods and add them to the class.  This needs to be done
-    # before the __doc__ logic below, since inspect will look at the __init__
-    # signature.
+    # Generate the methods and add them to the class.
     func_builder.add_fns_to_class(cls)
 
     if not getattr(cls, '__doc__'):
-        # Create a class doc-string.
-        try:
-            # In some cases fetching a signature is not possible.
-            # But, we surely should not fail in this case.
-            text_sig = str(inspect.signature(
-                cls,
-                annotation_format=annotationlib.Format.FORWARDREF,
-            )).replace(' -> None', '')
-        except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            text_sig = ''
-        cls.__doc__ = (cls.__name__ + text_sig)
+        # Create a class doc-string lazily via descriptor protocol
+        # to avoid importing `inspect` module.
+        cls.__doc__ = AutoDocstring()
 
     if match_args:
         # I could probably compute this once.
@@ -1377,8 +1389,12 @@ def _add_slots(cls, is_frozen, weakref_slot, defined_fields):
     # make an update, since all closures for a class will share a
     # given cell.
     for member in newcls.__dict__.values():
+
         # If this is a wrapped function, unwrap it.
-        member = inspect.unwrap(member)
+        if not isinstance(member, type) and hasattr(member, '__wrapped__'):
+            # TODO: Make this top-level lazy import once PEP810 lands
+            import inspect
+            member = inspect.unwrap(member)
 
         if isinstance(member, types.FunctionType):
             if _update_func_cell_for__class__(member, cls, newcls):
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 0dba3c6628c6e5..8f7908c589959c 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
 from weakref import ref as make_weakref
 
-# Create constants for the compiler flags in Include/code.h
+# Create constants for the compiler flags in Include/cpython/code.h
 # We try to get them from dis to avoid duplication
 mod_dict = globals()
 for k, v in dis.COMPILER_FLAG_NAMES.items():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
index 3b335429b98500..35edd014f71088 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
@@ -2295,6 +2295,13 @@ class C:
 
         self.assertDocStrEqual(C.__doc__, "C()")
 
+    def test_docstring_slotted(self):
+        @dataclass(slots=True)
+        class C:
+            x: int
+
+        self.assertDocStrEqual(C.__doc__, "C(x:int)")
+
     def test_docstring_one_field(self):
         @dataclass
         class C: