diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
index cb68e16d5518..d28c706b4057 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]') &&
         !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') &&
         !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip github]') &&
+        !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci doc]') &&
         (
           github.event_name == 'push' ||
           github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index e13149118a52..3479beb44faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    if: "github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.repository == 'matplotlib/matplotlib' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip github]')"
+    if: "github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.repository == 'matplotlib/matplotlib' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip github]' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci doc]')"
     permissions:
       contents: read
     name: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.name-suffix }}"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f886405b605f..902669eb22fe 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stages:
         git_log=`git log --max-count=1 --skip=1 --pretty=format:"%B" | tr "\n" " "`
         echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=log]$git_log"
     - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RET]false"
-      condition: or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]'))
+      condition: or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci doc]'))
     - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=start_main;isOutput=true]$RET"
       name: result
 
diff --git a/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst b/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst
index d584a1c986e7..0bbe78eb390a 100644
--- a/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ will run on all supported platforms and versions of Python.
   - Azure Pipelines: ``[skip azp]``
   - CircleCI: ``[skip circle]``
 
+  If you only want to run documentation CI you can pass ``[ci doc]``.
+
 .. _pr-squashing:
 
 Number of commits and squashing