diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 25317a08ca7b0..f0d798312c0c3 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -134,14 +134,12 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.tz_localize PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.unit GL08" \
         -i "pandas.Series.pad PR01,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.sem PR01,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse PR01,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse.fill_value SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse.from_coo PR07,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse.npoints SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse.sp_values SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.sparse.to_coo PR07,RT03,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.std PR01,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.asm8 SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.ceil SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.components SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index eae3249aa79a4..3109b67a4fc43 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -11847,14 +11847,44 @@ def last_valid_index(self) -> Hashable:
     where N represents the number of elements.
 numeric_only : bool, default False
     Include only float, int, boolean columns. Not implemented for Series.
+**kwargs :
+    Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted
+    for compatibility with NumPy.
 
 Returns
 -------
-{name1} or {name2} (if level specified) \
+{name1} or {name2} (if level specified)
+    {return_desc}
+
+See Also
+--------
+{see_also}\
 {notes}\
 {examples}
 """
 
+_sem_see_also = """\
+scipy.stats.sem : Compute standard error of the mean.
+{name2}.std : Return sample standard deviation over requested axis.
+{name2}.var : Return unbiased variance over requested axis.
+{name2}.mean : Return the mean of the values over the requested axis.
+{name2}.median : Return the median of the values over the requested axis.
+{name2}.mode : Return the mode(s) of the Series."""
+
+_sem_return_desc = """\
+Unbiased standard error of the mean over requested axis."""
+
+_std_see_also = """\
+numpy.std : Compute the standard deviation along the specified axis.
+{name2}.var : Return unbiased variance over requested axis.
+{name2}.sem : Return unbiased standard error of the mean over requested axis.
+{name2}.mean : Return the mean of the values over the requested axis.
+{name2}.median : Return the median of the values over the requested axis.
+{name2}.mode : Return the mode(s) of the Series."""
+
+_std_return_desc = """\
+Standard deviation over requested axis."""
+
 _std_notes = """
 
 Notes
@@ -12706,8 +12736,8 @@ def make_doc(name: str, ndim: int) -> str:
             "ddof argument."
         )
         examples = _std_examples
-        see_also = ""
-        kwargs = {"notes": _std_notes}
+        see_also = _std_see_also.format(name2=name2)
+        kwargs = {"notes": "", "return_desc": _std_return_desc}
 
     elif name == "sem":
         base_doc = _num_ddof_doc
@@ -12751,8 +12781,8 @@ def make_doc(name: str, ndim: int) -> str:
             >>> df.sem(numeric_only=True)
             a   0.5
             dtype: float64"""
-        see_also = ""
-        kwargs = {"notes": ""}
+        see_also = _sem_see_also.format(name2=name2)
+        kwargs = {"notes": "", "return_desc": _sem_return_desc}
 
     elif name == "skew":
         base_doc = _num_doc