diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 875e328110aaf..4a9e18fb33eaa 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
     MSG='Partially validate docstrings (GL08)' ;  echo $MSG
     $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_docstrings.py --format=actions --errors=GL08 --ignore_functions \
         pandas.ExcelFile.book\
-        pandas.ExcelFile.sheet_names\
         pandas.Index.empty\
         pandas.Index.names\
         pandas.Index.view\
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.IntervalIndex.length\
         pandas.IntervalIndex.mid\
         pandas.IntervalIndex.right\
-        pandas.MultiIndex.codes\
         pandas.Period.freq\
         pandas.Period.ordinal\
         pandas.PeriodIndex.freq\
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
index c59f756b4e146..119c86770af3e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
@@ -1078,6 +1078,29 @@ def levshape(self) -> Shape:
 
     @property
     def codes(self) -> tuple:
+        """
+        Codes of the MultiIndex.
+
+        Codes are the position of the index value in the list of level values
+        for each level.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        tuple of numpy.ndarray
+            The codes of the MultiIndex. Each array in the tuple corresponds
+            to a level in the MultiIndex.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        MultiIndex.set_codes : Set new codes on MultiIndex.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> arrays = [[1, 1, 2, 2], ["red", "blue", "red", "blue"]]
+        >>> mi = pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays(arrays, names=("number", "color"))
+        >>> mi.codes
+        (array([0, 0, 1, 1], dtype=int8), array([1, 0, 1, 0], dtype=int8))
+        """
         return self._codes
 
     def _set_codes(
diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
index f8d950db6642a..6fa23ef94d200 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
@@ -1630,6 +1630,29 @@ def book(self):
 
     @property
     def sheet_names(self):
+        """
+        Names of the sheets in the document.
+
+        This is particularly useful for loading a specific sheet into a DataFrame when
+        you do not know the sheet names beforehand.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list of str
+            List of sheet names in the document.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        ExcelFile.parse : Parse a sheet into a DataFrame.
+        read_excel : Read an Excel file into a pandas DataFrame. If you know the sheet
+            names, it may be easier to specify them directly to read_excel.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> file = pd.ExcelFile("myfile.xlsx")  # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> file.sheet_names  # doctest: +SKIP
+        ["Sheet1", "Sheet2"]
+        """
         return self._reader.sheet_names
 
     def close(self) -> None: