diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
index 8a69dd211bc2ca..7afac1bb0f6bfb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
@@ -4949,6 +4949,7 @@ def func(*args, **kwargs):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             inspect.signature(func)
 
+    @support.requires_docstrings
     def test_base_class_have_text_signature(self):
         # see issue 43118
         from test.typinganndata.ann_module7 import BufferedReader