diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 567ae6da92ae2..ac53b176f20c9 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
     $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_docstrings.py --format=actions --errors=EX02 --ignore_functions \
         pandas.DataFrame.plot.line \
         pandas.Series.plot.line \
-        pandas.Series.sparse.density \
-        pandas.Series.sparse.npoints \
-        pandas.Series.sparse.sp_values \
         pandas.Timestamp.fromtimestamp \
         pandas.api.types.infer_dtype \
         pandas.api.types.is_datetime64_any_dtype \
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
index 7469e92436e1a..6860c1314bbf1 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ def sp_values(self) -> np.ndarray:
 
         Examples
         --------
+        >>> from pandas.arrays import SparseArray
         >>> s = SparseArray([0, 0, 1, 0, 2], fill_value=0)
         >>> s.sp_values
         array([1, 2])
@@ -674,6 +675,7 @@ def density(self) -> float:
 
         Examples
         --------
+        >>> from pandas.arrays import SparseArray
         >>> s = SparseArray([0, 0, 1, 1, 1], fill_value=0)
         >>> s.density
         0.6
@@ -687,6 +689,7 @@ def npoints(self) -> int:
 
         Examples
         --------
+        >>> from pandas.arrays import SparseArray
         >>> s = SparseArray([0, 0, 1, 1, 1], fill_value=0)
         >>> s.npoints
         3