diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 180083dbbb742..616054205243c 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.view SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.indexers.VariableOffsetWindowIndexer PR01,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.interchange.from_dataframe RT03,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.api.types.infer_dtype PR07,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_any_real_numeric_dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_bool PR01,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_bool_dtype SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
index 6a31ce84ed418..0b7a19d2d8ca4 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
@@ -1442,6 +1442,7 @@ def infer_dtype(value: object, skipna: bool = True) -> str:
     Parameters
     ----------
     value : scalar, list, ndarray, or pandas type
+        The input data to infer the dtype.
     skipna : bool, default True
         Ignore NaN values when inferring the type.
 
@@ -1476,6 +1477,14 @@ def infer_dtype(value: object, skipna: bool = True) -> str:
     TypeError
         If ndarray-like but cannot infer the dtype
 
+    See Also
+    --------
+    api.types.is_scalar : Check if the input is a scalar.
+    api.types.is_list_like : Check if the input is list-like.
+    api.types.is_integer : Check if the input is an integer.
+    api.types.is_float : Check if the input is a float.
+    api.types.is_bool : Check if the input is a boolean.
+
     Notes
     -----
     - 'mixed' is the catchall for anything that is not otherwise