diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ad90d33e..5bd631e60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ title: Changelog
 -   Switch from gzip to deflate for compressing assets to make output consistent across different operating systems, #2796.
 -   `@include` and `@includeCode` now work for comments on the entry point for projects with a single entry point, #2800.
 -   Cascaded modifier tags will no longer be copied into type literals, #2802.
+-   `@summary` now works to describe functions within modules, #2803.
 
 ## v0.27.3 (2024-12-04)
 
diff --git a/site/tags/summary.md b/site/tags/summary.md
index ea42f12c7..9ab84111a 100644
--- a/site/tags/summary.md
+++ b/site/tags/summary.md
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ If an `@summary` tag is not specified and `--useFirstParagraphOfCommentAsSummary
 specified, TypeDoc will use the first paragraph of the comment as the short summary
 to include on the modules page.
 
+For overloaded functions, the `@summary` tag may be placed on the comment for the
+first signature or on the comment for the function implementation.
+
 ## Example
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/src/lib/output/themes/default/partials/comment.tsx b/src/lib/output/themes/default/partials/comment.tsx
index 164f3e5e7..d09152afb 100644
--- a/src/lib/output/themes/default/partials/comment.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/output/themes/default/partials/comment.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export function commentShortSummary(context: DefaultThemeRenderContext, props: R
         shortSummary = props.comment?.getShortSummary(context.options.getValue("useFirstParagraphOfCommentAsSummary"));
     }
 
+    if (!shortSummary?.length && props.isDeclaration() && props.signatures?.length) {
+        return commentShortSummary(context, props.signatures[0]);
+    }
+
     if (!shortSummary?.some((part) => part.text)) return;
 
     return context.displayParts(shortSummary);