diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index c0dfbcc03b473..4809806657dff 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.errors.SettingWithCopyWarning \
         pandas.errors.SpecificationError \
         pandas.errors.UndefinedVariableError \
-        pandas.read_json \
         pandas.io.formats.style.Styler.to_latex \
         pandas.read_parquet \
         pandas.DataFrame.to_sql \
diff --git a/pandas/io/json/_json.py b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
index 4c490c6b2cda2..40b714984f93d 100644
--- a/pandas/io/json/_json.py
+++ b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ def read_json(
 "data":[["a","b"],["c","d"]]\
 }}\
 '
-    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='split')
+    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='split')  # doctest: +SKIP
           col 1 col 2
     row 1     a     b
     row 2     c     d
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ def read_json(
     >>> df.to_json(orient='index')
     '{{"row 1":{{"col 1":"a","col 2":"b"}},"row 2":{{"col 1":"c","col 2":"d"}}}}'
 
-    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='index')
+    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='index')  # doctest: +SKIP
           col 1 col 2
     row 1     a     b
     row 2     c     d
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ def read_json(
 
     >>> df.to_json(orient='records')
     '[{{"col 1":"a","col 2":"b"}},{{"col 1":"c","col 2":"d"}}]'
-    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='records')
+    >>> pd.read_json(StringIO(_), orient='records')  # doctest: +SKIP
       col 1 col 2
     0     a     b
     1     c     d