diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 230b4d3daf243..195659645b7c6 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -130,31 +130,11 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.start SA01" \
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.step SA01" \
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.stop SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.add_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_ordered PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_unordered PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.remove_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.remove_unused_categories PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.rename_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.reorder_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.set_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.as_unit PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.ceil PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.day_name PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.floor PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.freq GL08" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.microseconds SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.month_name PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.nanoseconds SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.normalize PR01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.qyear GL08" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.round PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.seconds SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.strftime PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.to_period PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.total_seconds PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.tz_convert PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.dt.tz_localize PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.unit GL08" \
         -i "pandas.Series.ge SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.gt SA01" \
diff --git a/scripts/validate_docstrings.py b/scripts/validate_docstrings.py
index 55acfaac4d843..425028e085d73 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_docstrings.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_docstrings.py
@@ -240,6 +240,32 @@ def pandas_validate(func_name: str):
     dict
         Information about the docstring and the errors found.
     """
+
+    def _get_delegated_func_name(func_name: str) -> str:
+        method_name = func_name.rsplit(".", 1)[-1]
+
+        if "Series.cat" in func_name:
+            return "pandas.core.arrays.categorical.Categorical." + method_name
+        if "Series.dt" in func_name:
+            if method_name in ["as_unit", "ceil", "floor", "round"]:
+                return "pandas.core.arrays.datetimelike.TimelikeOps." + method_name
+            if method_name in [
+                "day_name",
+                "month_name",
+                "normalize",
+                "to_period",
+                "tz_convert",
+                "tz_localize"
+            ]:
+                return "pandas.core.arrays.datetimes.DatetimeArray." + method_name
+            if method_name in ["strftime"]:
+                return "pandas.core.arrays.datetimelike.DatelikeOps." + method_name
+            if method_name in ["total_seconds"]:
+                return "pandas.core.arrays.timedeltas.TimedeltaArray." + method_name
+
+        return func_name
+
+    func_name = _get_delegated_func_name(func_name)
     func_obj = Validator._load_obj(func_name)
     # Some objects are instances, e.g. IndexSlice, which numpydoc can't validate
     doc_obj = get_doc_object(func_obj, doc=func_obj.__doc__)