diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 7dd347327f3cc..dcfb9e78be583 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.read_sas \
         pandas.read_spss \
         pandas.read_sql_query \
-        pandas.read_gbq \
         pandas.io.stata.StataReader.data_label \
         pandas.io.stata.StataReader.value_labels \
         pandas.io.stata.StataReader.variable_labels \
diff --git a/pandas/io/gbq.py b/pandas/io/gbq.py
index 597369bb12703..6a0105abda71d 100644
--- a/pandas/io/gbq.py
+++ b/pandas/io/gbq.py
@@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ def read_gbq(
     --------
     pandas_gbq.read_gbq : This function in the pandas-gbq library.
     DataFrame.to_gbq : Write a DataFrame to Google BigQuery.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    Example taken from `Google BigQuery documentation
+    <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pandas-gbq-migration>`_
+
+    >>> sql = "SELECT name FROM table_name WHERE state = 'TX' LIMIT 100;"
+    >>> df = pd.read_gbq(sql, dialect="standard")  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> project_id = "your-project-id"  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> df = pd.read_gbq(sql,
+    ...                  project_id=project_id,
+    ...                  dialect="standard"
+    ...                  )  # doctest: +SKIP
     """
     pandas_gbq = _try_import()