diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 4bea3a462db07..828d4705a4856 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -138,14 +138,11 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.start SA01" \
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.step SA01" \
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.stop SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.add_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_ordered PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_unordered PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.remove_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.remove_unused_categories PR01" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.rename_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.reorder_categories PR01,PR02" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.cat.set_categories PR01,PR02" \
+        -i "pandas.Series.cat.add_categories PR02" \
+        -i "pandas.Series.cat.remove_categories PR02" \
+        -i "pandas.Series.cat.rename_categories PR02" \
+        -i "pandas.Series.cat.reorder_categories PR02" \
+        -i "pandas.Series.cat.set_categories PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.as_unit PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.ceil PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.dt.components SA01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index 64e5eec43a5c1..4be461b3ec841 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -975,6 +975,12 @@ def as_ordered(self) -> Self:
         """
         Set the Categorical to be ordered.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
+
         Returns
         -------
         Categorical
@@ -1010,6 +1016,12 @@ def as_unordered(self) -> Self:
         """
         Set the Categorical to be unordered.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
+
         Returns
         -------
         Categorical
@@ -1074,6 +1086,9 @@ def set_categories(
         rename : bool, default False
            Whether or not the new_categories should be considered as a rename
            of the old categories or as reordered categories.
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1173,6 +1188,9 @@ def rename_categories(self, new_categories) -> Self:
 
             * callable : a callable that is called on all items in the old
               categories and whose return values comprise the new categories.
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1239,6 +1257,9 @@ def reorder_categories(self, new_categories, ordered=None) -> Self:
         ordered : bool, optional
            Whether or not the categorical is treated as a ordered categorical.
            If not given, do not change the ordered information.
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1311,6 +1332,9 @@ def add_categories(self, new_categories) -> Self:
         ----------
         new_categories : category or list-like of category
             The new categories to be included.
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1380,6 +1404,9 @@ def remove_categories(self, removals) -> Self:
         ----------
         removals : category or list of categories
            The categories which should be removed.
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1433,6 +1460,12 @@ def remove_unused_categories(self) -> Self:
         """
         Remove categories which are not used.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        *args, **kwargs : optional
+            Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for
+            compatibility with NumPy.
+
         Returns
         -------
         Categorical