diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 3ed60e1860b5d..84070b415e672 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -840,10 +840,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.plotting.parallel_coordinates\
         pandas.plotting.radviz\
         pandas.plotting.table\
-        pandas.read_orc\
-        pandas.read_sas\
-        pandas.read_spss\
-        pandas.read_stata\
         pandas.set_eng_float_format # There should be no backslash in the final line, please keep this comment in the last ignored function
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/orc.py b/pandas/io/orc.py
index 9e9a43644f694..476856e8038d6 100644
--- a/pandas/io/orc.py
+++ b/pandas/io/orc.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def read_orc(
     Returns
     -------
     DataFrame
+        DataFrame based on the ORC file.
 
     Notes
     -----
diff --git a/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py b/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
index f14943d1e0fce..69d911863338f 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ def read_sas(
 
     Returns
     -------
-    DataFrame if iterator=False and chunksize=None, else SAS7BDATReader
-    or XportReader
+    DataFrame, SAS7BDATReader, or XportReader
+        DataFrame if iterator=False and chunksize=None, else SAS7BDATReader
+        or XportReader, file format is inferred from file extension.
 
     Examples
     --------
diff --git a/pandas/io/spss.py b/pandas/io/spss.py
index db31a07df79e6..2c464cc7e90c4 100644
--- a/pandas/io/spss.py
+++ b/pandas/io/spss.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def read_spss(
     Returns
     -------
     DataFrame
+        DataFrame based on the SPSS file.
 
     Examples
     --------
diff --git a/pandas/io/stata.py b/pandas/io/stata.py
index 9374b3c7af38f..4f8afd99cbe32 100644
--- a/pandas/io/stata.py
+++ b/pandas/io/stata.py
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
 
 Returns
 -------
-DataFrame or pandas.api.typing.StataReader
+DataFrame, pandas.api.typing.StataReader
+    If iterator or chunksize, returns StataReader, else DataFrame.
 
 See Also
 --------