diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 3ab63b9bcb860..18f394b8e549b 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -601,12 +601,9 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.api.types.is_int64_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_integer_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_interval_dtype \
-        pandas.api.types.is_named_tuple \
         pandas.api.types.is_numeric_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_period_dtype \
-        pandas.api.types.is_re \
-        pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable \
         pandas.api.types.is_signed_integer_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_sparse \
         pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype \
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/inference.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/inference.py
index 401b2c80b2c18..28e034de869f4 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/inference.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/inference.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def is_re(obj) -> bool:
 
     Examples
     --------
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_re
+    >>> import re
     >>> is_re(re.compile(".*"))
     True
     >>> is_re("foo")
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ def is_re_compilable(obj) -> bool:
 
     Examples
     --------
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_re_compilable
     >>> is_re_compilable(".*")
     True
     >>> is_re_compilable(1)
@@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ def is_named_tuple(obj) -> bool:
     Examples
     --------
     >>> from collections import namedtuple
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_named_tuple
     >>> Point = namedtuple("Point", ["x", "y"])
     >>> p = Point(1, 2)
     >>>