diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index f2d9f582d8932..b74de073c50d6 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_integer PR01,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_interval_dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_iterator PR07,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.api.types.is_list_like SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_named_tuple PR07,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_re PR07,SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
index 3f2dfbfb3b404..a90d8fbaa5d48 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
@@ -1213,6 +1213,12 @@ def is_list_like(obj: object, allow_sets: bool = True) -> bool:
     bool
         Whether `obj` has list-like properties.
 
+    See Also
+    --------
+    Series : One-dimensional ndarray with axis labels (including time series).
+    Index : Immutable sequence used for indexing and alignment.
+    numpy.ndarray : Array object from NumPy, which is considered list-like.
+
     Examples
     --------
     >>> import datetime