diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index c4e43b88a0097..1beeedc1831e3 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -867,16 +867,12 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
     $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_docstrings.py --format=actions --errors=SA01 --ignore_functions \
         pandas.BooleanDtype\
         pandas.Categorical.__array__\
-        pandas.Categorical.as_ordered\
-        pandas.Categorical.as_unordered\
         pandas.Categorical.codes\
         pandas.Categorical.dtype\
         pandas.Categorical.from_codes\
         pandas.Categorical.ordered\
         pandas.CategoricalDtype.categories\
         pandas.CategoricalDtype.ordered\
-        pandas.CategoricalIndex.as_ordered\
-        pandas.CategoricalIndex.as_unordered\
         pandas.CategoricalIndex.codes\
         pandas.CategoricalIndex.ordered\
         pandas.DataFrame.__dataframe__\
@@ -1073,8 +1069,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.Series.backfill\
         pandas.Series.bfill\
         pandas.Series.cat\
-        pandas.Series.cat.as_ordered\
-        pandas.Series.cat.as_unordered\
         pandas.Series.cat.codes\
         pandas.Series.cat.ordered\
         pandas.Series.copy\
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index af8dc08c1ec26..da1665bd86f45 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -988,6 +988,10 @@ def as_ordered(self) -> Self:
         Categorical
             Ordered Categorical.
 
+        See Also
+        --------
+        as_unordered : Set the Categorical to be unordered.
+
         Examples
         --------
         For :class:`pandas.Series`:
@@ -1019,6 +1023,10 @@ def as_unordered(self) -> Self:
         Categorical
             Unordered Categorical.
 
+        See Also
+        --------
+        as_ordered : Set the Categorical to be ordered.
+
         Examples
         --------
         For :class:`pandas.Series`: