diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index a09c4662a1fd9..2eb5b73d68964 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
 
     MSG='Partially validate docstrings (PR02)' ;  echo $MSG
     $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_docstrings.py --format=actions --errors=PR02 --ignore_functions \
-        pandas.io.formats.style.Styler.to_excel\
         pandas.CategoricalIndex.rename_categories\
         pandas.CategoricalIndex.reorder_categories\
         pandas.CategoricalIndex.add_categories\
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 78fbb66635dd1..0a4488593495f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@
     from pandas.core.indexers.objects import BaseIndexer
     from pandas.core.resample import Resampler
 
+import textwrap
+
 # goal is to be able to define the docs close to function, while still being
 # able to share
 _shared_docs = {**_shared_docs}
@@ -2240,6 +2242,12 @@ def _repr_data_resource_(self):
         klass="object",
         storage_options=_shared_docs["storage_options"],
         storage_options_versionadded="1.2.0",
+        extra_parameters=textwrap.dedent(
+            """\
+        engine_kwargs : dict, optional
+            Arbitrary keyword arguments passed to excel engine.
+    """
+        ),
     )
     def to_excel(
         self,
@@ -2315,9 +2323,7 @@ def to_excel(
         {storage_options}
 
             .. versionadded:: {storage_options_versionadded}
-        engine_kwargs : dict, optional
-            Arbitrary keyword arguments passed to excel engine.
-
+        {extra_parameters}
         See Also
         --------
         to_csv : Write DataFrame to a comma-separated values (csv) file.
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index 0e67949709a22..3a6a44a8be253 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ def set_tooltips(
         klass="Styler",
         storage_options=_shared_docs["storage_options"],
         storage_options_versionadded="1.5.0",
+        extra_parameters="",
     )
     def to_excel(
         self,