diff --git a/sklearn/covariance/_robust_covariance.py b/sklearn/covariance/_robust_covariance.py
index bd2232056c163..2122dd8075a1d 100644
--- a/sklearn/covariance/_robust_covariance.py
+++ b/sklearn/covariance/_robust_covariance.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def fast_mcd(
     cov_computation_method=empirical_covariance,
     random_state=None,
 ):
-    """Estimates the Minimum Covariance Determinant matrix.
+    """Estimate the Minimum Covariance Determinant matrix.
 
     Read more in the :ref:`User Guide <robust_covariance>`.
 
diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_docstrings.py b/sklearn/tests/test_docstrings.py
index 7c1409b4b3f02..052af05b13e00 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_docstrings.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_docstrings.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 numpydoc_validation = pytest.importorskip("numpydoc.validate")
 
 FUNCTION_DOCSTRING_IGNORE_LIST = [
-    "sklearn.covariance._robust_covariance.fast_mcd",
     "sklearn.covariance._shrunk_covariance.ledoit_wolf",
     "sklearn.covariance._shrunk_covariance.ledoit_wolf_shrinkage",
     "sklearn.datasets._base.load_breast_cancer",