diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 067d88a666bb3..e987e147fa343 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -266,57 +266,62 @@ fi
 ### DOCTESTS ###
 if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "doctests" ]]; then
 
+    # Individual files
+
+    MSG='Doctests base.py' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/base.py
+    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
+
+    MSG='Doctests construction.py' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/construction.py
+    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
+
     MSG='Doctests frame.py' ; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/frame.py
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests series.py' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/series.py
+    MSG='Doctests generic.py' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/generic.py
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
     MSG='Doctests groupby.py' ; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py -k"-cumcount -describe -pipe"
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests indexes' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/indexes/
+    MSG='Doctests series.py' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/series.py
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests tools' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/tools/
-    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
-
-    MSG='Doctests reshaping functions' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/reshape/
-    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
+    # Directories
 
     MSG='Doctests arrays'; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/arrays/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
+    MSG='Doctests computation' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/computation/
+    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
+
     MSG='Doctests dtypes'; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/dtypes/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests base.py' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/base.py
+    MSG='Doctests indexes' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/indexes/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests construction.py' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/construction.py
+    MSG='Doctests reshaping functions' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/reshape/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests generic.py' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/generic.py
+    MSG='Doctests tools' ; echo $MSG
+    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/tools/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
     MSG='Doctests tseries' ; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/tseries/
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
-    MSG='Doctests computation' ; echo $MSG
-    pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/computation/
-    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 fi
 
 ### DOCSTRINGS ###