diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 1724fae98a6e5..8b1bccdaa8d1b 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Index.ravel PR01,RT03" \
         -i "pandas.Index.slice_indexer PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.str PR01,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Index.symmetric_difference PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.take PR01,PR07" \
-        -i "pandas.Index.union PR07,RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Index.view GL08" \
         -i "pandas.Int16Dtype SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Int32Dtype SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
index 37bf32aa08ad1..e25c23e9cecdc 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
@@ -2872,6 +2872,8 @@ def union(self, other, sort=None):
         Parameters
         ----------
         other : Index or array-like
+            Index or an array-like object containing elements to form the union
+            with the original Index.
         sort : bool or None, default None
             Whether to sort the resulting Index.
 
@@ -2888,6 +2890,14 @@ def union(self, other, sort=None):
         Returns
         -------
         Index
+            Returns a new Index object with all unique elements from both the original
+            Index and the `other` Index.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Index.unique : Return unique values in the index.
+        Index.intersection : Form the intersection of two Index objects.
+        Index.difference : Return a new Index with elements of index not in `other`.
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -3312,7 +3322,10 @@ def symmetric_difference(self, other, result_name=None, sort=None):
         Parameters
         ----------
         other : Index or array-like
+            Index or an array-like object with elements to compute the symmetric
+            difference with the original Index.
         result_name : str
+            A string representing the name of the resulting Index, if desired.
         sort : bool or None, default None
             Whether to sort the resulting index. By default, the
             values are attempted to be sorted, but any TypeError from
@@ -3326,6 +3339,14 @@ def symmetric_difference(self, other, result_name=None, sort=None):
         Returns
         -------
         Index
+            Returns a new Index object containing elements that appear in either the
+            original Index or the `other` Index, but not both.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Index.difference : Return a new Index with elements of index not in other.
+        Index.union : Form the union of two Index objects.
+        Index.intersection : Form the intersection of two Index objects.
 
         Notes
         -----