diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 471b79d865566..7509d857d7569 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.show_versions \
         pandas.test \
         pandas.NaT \
-        pandas.Timestamp.unit \
         pandas.Timestamp.as_unit \
         pandas.Timestamp.ctime \
         pandas.Timestamp.date \
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
index 1a4e90e57d848..fb3adda155254 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
@@ -236,6 +236,20 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(ABCTimestamp):
     def unit(self) -> str:
         """
         The abbreviation associated with self._creso.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> pd.Timestamp("2020-01-01 12:34:56").unit
+        's'
+
+        >>> pd.Timestamp("2020-01-01 12:34:56.123").unit
+        'ms'
+
+        >>> pd.Timestamp("2020-01-01 12:34:56.123456").unit
+        'us'
+
+        >>> pd.Timestamp("2020-01-01 12:34:56.123456789").unit
+        'ns'
         """
         return npy_unit_to_abbrev(self._creso)