diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 875e328110aaf..9d773ade8cd8d 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -1092,7 +1092,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.read_orc\
         pandas.read_sas\
         pandas.read_spss\
-        pandas.read_sql\
         pandas.read_sql_query\
         pandas.read_stata\
         pandas.set_eng_float_format\
diff --git a/pandas/io/sql.py b/pandas/io/sql.py
index 5a16b1c8cbc24..7764a810bbda6 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sql.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sql.py
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ def read_sql(
     Returns
     -------
     DataFrame or Iterator[DataFrame]
+        Returns a DataFrame object that contains the result set of the
+        executed SQL query or an SQL Table based on the provided input,
+        in relation to the specified database connection.
 
     See Also
     --------