def METHOD_NAME(app, what, name, obj, options, lines,
                      reference_offset=[0]):
    if what == 'module':
        # Strip top title
        title_re = re.compile(r'^\s*[#*=]{4,}\n[a-z0-9 -]+\n[#*=]{4,}\s*',
                              re.I|re.S)
        lines[:] = title_re.sub('', "\n".join(lines)).split("\n")
    else:
        doc = get_doc_object(obj, what, "\n".join(lines))
        lines[:] = str(doc).split("\n")
    if app.config.numpydoc_edit_link and hasattr(obj, '__name__') and \
           obj.__name__:
        if hasattr(obj, '__module__'):
            v = dict(full_name="%s.%s" % (obj.__module__, obj.__name__))
        else:
            v = dict(full_name=obj.__name__)
        lines += ['', '.. htmlonly::', '']
        lines += ['    %s' % x for x in
                  (app.config.numpydoc_edit_link % v).split("\n")]
    # replace reference numbers so that there are no duplicates
    references = []
    for l in lines:
        l = l.strip()
        if l.startswith('.. ['):
            try:
                references.append(int(l[len('.. ['):l.index(']')]))
            except ValueError:
                print "WARNING: invalid reference in %s docstring" % name
    # Start renaming from the biggest number, otherwise we may
    # overwrite references.
    references.sort()
    if references:
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            for r in references:
                new_r = reference_offset[0] + r
                lines[i] = lines[i].replace('[%d]_' % r,
                                            '[%d]_' % new_r)
                lines[i] = lines[i].replace('.. [%d]' % r,
                                            '.. [%d]' % new_r)
    reference_offset[0] += len(references)