diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 0fc8b8217b63f..989ef6958d2e6 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.shape \
         pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.tolist \
         pandas.DataFrame.pad \
-        pandas.DataFrame.swapaxes \
         pandas.DataFrame.plot \
         pandas.DataFrame.to_gbq \
         pandas.DataFrame.__dataframe__
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 9084395871675..e0e9048b20a9d 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -771,9 +771,17 @@ def swapaxes(self, axis1: Axis, axis2: Axis, copy: bool_t | None = None) -> Self
         """
         Interchange axes and swap values axes appropriately.
 
+        .. deprecated:: 2.1.0
+            ``swapaxes`` is deprecated and will be removed.
+            Please use ``transpose`` instead.
+
         Returns
         -------
         same as input
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        Please see examples for :meth:`DataFrame.transpose`.
         """
         warnings.warn(
             # GH#51946