diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index bb7d8a388e6e2b..e2dc543360a629 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "doctests" ]]; then
 
     MSG='Doctests generic.py' ; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/generic.py \
-        -k"-_set_axis_name -_xs -describe -droplevel -groupby -interpolate -pct_change -pipe -reindex -reindex_axis -to_json -transpose -values -xs -to_clipboard"
+        -k"-_set_axis_name -_xs -describe -groupby -interpolate -pct_change -pipe -reindex -reindex_axis -to_json -transpose -values -xs -to_clipboard"
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
     MSG='Doctests groupby.py' ; echo $MSG
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index a6ab0d4034ddba..ff7c481d550d48 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ def droplevel(self: FrameOrSeries, level, axis=0) -> FrameOrSeries:
             of levels.
 
         axis : {0 or 'index', 1 or 'columns'}, default 0
+            Axis along which the level(s) is removed:
+
+            * 0 or 'index': remove level(s) in column.
+            * 1 or 'columns': remove level(s) in row.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -617,7 +621,7 @@ def droplevel(self: FrameOrSeries, level, axis=0) -> FrameOrSeries:
         ... ]).set_index([0, 1]).rename_axis(['a', 'b'])
 
         >>> df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([
-        ...    ('c', 'e'), ('d', 'f')
+        ...     ('c', 'e'), ('d', 'f')
         ... ], names=['level_1', 'level_2'])
 
         >>> df
@@ -636,7 +640,7 @@ def droplevel(self: FrameOrSeries, level, axis=0) -> FrameOrSeries:
         6        7   8
         10      11  12
 
-        >>> df.droplevel('level2', axis=1)
+        >>> df.droplevel('level_2', axis=1)
         level_1   c   d
         a b
         1 2      3   4