diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cf4c5bb4..59c9352b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ select = [
     "C90", # McCabe complexity!
     "NPY", # Numpy linting
     "N", # PEP8 naming
-#    "DOC", # Enforce argument, return, and raise to be mentioned in docstrings there is
-           # also "D" but this even warns about docstring punctuation. Perhaps a step too
-           # far?
+#    "D", # Docstring checks these may need to be added gradually
 ]
 
 ignore = [
diff --git a/ruff-increased-checking.toml b/ruff-increased-checking.toml
index 118cfbff..37dbd749 100644
--- a/ruff-increased-checking.toml
+++ b/ruff-increased-checking.toml
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ select = [
     "C90", # McCabe complexity!
     "NPY", # Numpy linting
     "N", # PEP8 naming
-    "DOC", # Enforce argument, return, and raise to be mentioned in docstrings there is
-           # also "D" but this even warns about docstring punctuation. Perhaps a step too
-           # far?
+    "D", # Docstring checks these may need to be added gradually
 ]
 
 # Line length is set to 88 for ruff. This is what the formatter aims for