diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 322942acb429c..c6e8ac43fdc8c 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -878,11 +878,9 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.plotting.parallel_coordinates\
         pandas.plotting.radviz\
         pandas.plotting.table\
-        pandas.read_feather\
         pandas.read_orc\
         pandas.read_sas\
         pandas.read_spss\
-        pandas.read_sql_query\
         pandas.read_stata\
         pandas.set_eng_float_format\
         pandas.timedelta_range\
diff --git a/pandas/io/feather_format.py b/pandas/io/feather_format.py
index d0aaf83b84cb2..89cb044511a25 100644
--- a/pandas/io/feather_format.py
+++ b/pandas/io/feather_format.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def read_feather(
     Returns
     -------
     type of object stored in file
+        DataFrame object stored in the file.
 
     Examples
     --------
diff --git a/pandas/io/sql.py b/pandas/io/sql.py
index 7764a810bbda6..c0d69472598f1 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sql.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sql.py
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ def read_sql_query(
     Returns
     -------
     DataFrame or Iterator[DataFrame]
+        Returns a DataFrame object that contains the result set of the
+        executed SQL query, in relation to the specified database connection.
 
     See Also
     --------