diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index bf7423dfe5825..570ea1272758a 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Index.inferred_type SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.insert PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.intersection PR07,RT03,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Index.item SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.join PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.memory_usage RT03" \
         -i "pandas.Index.names GL08" \
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Series.is_monotonic_decreasing SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.is_monotonic_increasing SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.is_unique SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.item SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.kurt RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.kurtosis RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.le PR07,SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/base.py b/pandas/core/base.py
index d716a9ffb7bcc..ab27248308d74 100644
--- a/pandas/core/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/base.py
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ def item(self):
         ValueError
             If the data is not length = 1.
 
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Index.values : Returns an array representing the data in the Index.
+        Series.head : Returns the first `n` rows.
+
         Examples
         --------
         >>> s = pd.Series([1])