diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 73b389e427648..606ede4e861fa 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.min PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.resolution PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Timedelta.to_timedelta64 SA01" \
-        -i "pandas.Timedelta.total_seconds SA01" \
         -i "pandas.TimedeltaIndex.to_pytimedelta RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Timestamp.max PR02" \
         -i "pandas.Timestamp.min PR02" \
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
index 60afc1acdc297..620e0846c750e 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
@@ -493,6 +493,14 @@ class NaTType(_NaT):
         """
         Total seconds in the duration.
 
+        This method calculates the total duration in seconds by combining
+        the days, seconds, and microseconds of the `Timedelta` object.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        to_timedelta : Convert argument to timedelta.
+        Timedelta : Represents a duration, the difference between two dates or times.
+
         Examples
         --------
         >>> td = pd.Timedelta('1min')
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timedeltas.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timedeltas.pyx
index 6159bd0dadb47..0ff5c5fb81df8 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timedeltas.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timedeltas.pyx
@@ -1189,6 +1189,14 @@ cdef class _Timedelta(timedelta):
         """
         Total seconds in the duration.
 
+        This method calculates the total duration in seconds by combining
+        the days, seconds, and microseconds of the `Timedelta` object.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        to_timedelta : Convert argument to timedelta.
+        Timedelta : Represents a duration, the difference between two dates or times.
+
         Examples
         --------
         >>> td = pd.Timedelta('1min')