diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 668d52e530b..db306046667 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ pushd docs/cudf
 make dirhtml
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/html"
 mv build/dirhtml/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/html"
-if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" != "pull-request" ]]; then
-  make text
-  mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
-  mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
-fi
+make text
+mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
+mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
 popd
 
 rapids-logger "Build dask-cuDF Sphinx docs"
@@ -58,11 +56,9 @@ pushd docs/dask_cudf
 make dirhtml
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/html"
 mv build/dirhtml/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/html"
-if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" != "pull-request" ]]; then
-  make text
-  mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
-  mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
-fi
+make text
+mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
+mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
 popd
 
 rapids-upload-docs
diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/io_readers.rst b/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/io_readers.rst
index f94a5ddb403..a835673dee4 100644
--- a/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/io_readers.rst
+++ b/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/io_readers.rst
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Io Readers
 ==========
 
 .. doxygengroup:: io_readers
-   :members:
+   :desc-only:
diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/strings_convert.rst b/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/strings_convert.rst
index f2f320bd0e4..ae5d78fb1a1 100644
--- a/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/strings_convert.rst
+++ b/docs/cudf/source/libcudf_docs/api_docs/strings_convert.rst
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Strings Convert
 ===============
 
 .. doxygengroup:: strings_convert
-   :members:
+   :desc-only: