diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index f2d9f582d8932..c8e0e4aaafc02 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Period.freq GL08" \
         -i "pandas.Period.ordinal GL08" \
         -i "pandas.RangeIndex.from_range PR01,SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.RangeIndex.step SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.cat.add_categories PR01,PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_ordered PR01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.cat.as_unordered PR01" \
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/range.py b/pandas/core/indexes/range.py
index 75d0dfbeb6f01..dc96d1c11db74 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/range.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/range.py
@@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ def step(self) -> int:
         """
         The value of the `step` parameter (``1`` if this was not supplied).
 
+        The ``step`` parameter determines the increment (or decrement in the case
+        of negative values) between consecutive elements in the ``RangeIndex``.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        RangeIndex : Immutable index implementing a range-based index.
+        RangeIndex.stop : Returns the stop value of the RangeIndex.
+        RangeIndex.start : Returns the start value of the RangeIndex.
+
         Examples
         --------
         >>> idx = pd.RangeIndex(5)