diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 2fd772b3015b8..3ab63b9bcb860 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.Series.sparse.sp_values \
         pandas.Timestamp.fromtimestamp \
         pandas.api.types.infer_dtype \
-        pandas.api.types.is_any_real_numeric_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_bool_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_categorical_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_complex_dtype \
@@ -602,8 +601,6 @@ 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_iterator \
-        pandas.api.types.is_list_like \
         pandas.api.types.is_named_tuple \
         pandas.api.types.is_numeric_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype \
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
index 2a7c793c0096c..c14437be31f63 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ def is_iterator(obj: object) -> bool:
     Examples
     --------
     >>> import datetime
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_iterator
     >>> is_iterator((x for x in []))
     True
     >>> is_iterator([1, 2, 3])
@@ -1126,6 +1127,7 @@ def is_list_like(obj: object, allow_sets: bool = True) -> bool:
     Examples
     --------
     >>> import datetime
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_list_like
     >>> is_list_like([1, 2, 3])
     True
     >>> is_list_like({1, 2, 3})
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
index eaa033e3d469a..2b21cee06a632 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
@@ -1177,6 +1177,7 @@ def is_any_real_numeric_dtype(arr_or_dtype) -> bool:
 
     Examples
     --------
+    >>> from pandas.api.types import is_any_real_numeric_dtype
     >>> is_any_real_numeric_dtype(int)
     True
     >>> is_any_real_numeric_dtype(float)