diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index ee4ef203f..2acbdb98c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ Tomer Keren
 Tony Narlock
 Tor Colvin
 Trevor Bekolay
+Tushar Sadhwani
 Tyler Goodlet
 Tzu-ping Chung
 Vasily Kuznetsov
diff --git a/changelog/11146.bugfix.rst b/changelog/11146.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1794ad57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11146.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Prevent constants at the top of file from being detected as docstrings.
\ No newline at end of file