diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 2e42912965f97d..abef6533334a7a 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "doctests" ]]; then
 
     MSG='Doctests frame.py' ; echo $MSG
     pytest -q --doctest-modules pandas/core/frame.py \
-        -k"-axes -combine -itertuples -join -nunique -pivot_table -quantile -query -reindex -reindex_axis -replace -round -set_index -stack -to_stata"
+        -k"-axes -combine -itertuples -join -nunique -pivot_table -quantile -query -reindex -reindex_axis -replace -round -set_index -stack"
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
     MSG='Doctests series.py' ; echo $MSG
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 742df627034537..491a847362e60d 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -1856,8 +1856,11 @@ def to_stata(self, fname, convert_dates=None, write_index=True,
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        fname : str, file descriptor or pathlib.Path
-            String or path to file which needs to be converted.
+        fname : str, buffer or path object
+            String, path object (pathlib.Path or py._path.local.LocalPath) or
+            object implementing a binary write() function. If using a buffer
+            then the buffer will not be automatically closed after the file
+            data has been written.
         convert_dates : dict
             Dictionary mapping columns containing datetime types to stata
             internal format to use when writing the dates. Options are 'tc',
@@ -1914,18 +1917,16 @@ def to_stata(self, fname, convert_dates=None, write_index=True,
 
         See Also
         --------
-        pandas.read_stata : Import Stata data files.
-        pandas.io.stata.StataWriter : Writer for Stata data files.
-        pandas.io.stata.StataWriter117 : Writer for version 117 files.
+        read_stata : Import Stata data files.
+        io.stata.StataWriter : Writer for Stata data files.
+        io.stata.StataWriter117 : Writer for version 117 files.
 
         Examples
         --------
-        Converting DataFrame to Stata "dta" file using the to_stata method.
-
         >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'animal': ['falcon', 'parrot', 'falcon',
         ...                               'parrot'],
         ...                    'speed': [350, 18, 361, 15]})
-        >>> df.to_stata('animals.dta')
+        >>> df.to_stata('animals.dta')  # doctest: +SKIP
         """
         kwargs = {}
         if version not in (114, 117):