diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 420e86ecddaa1..d64e4eef1ba12 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_period_dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_re PR07,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable PR07,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.api.types.is_sparse SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.is_timedelta64_ns_dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.api.types.pandas_dtype PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.arrays.ArrowExtensionArray PR07,SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
index cd1d5366d6a08..96f22c90fd591 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/common.py
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ def is_sparse(arr) -> bool:
     bool
         Whether or not the array-like is a pandas sparse array.
 
+    See Also
+    --------
+    api.types.SparseDtype : The dtype object for pandas sparse arrays.
+
     Examples
     --------
     Returns `True` if the parameter is a 1-D pandas sparse array.