diff --git a/.ruff.toml b/.ruff.toml
index 2b2b19f247..49aacc5663 100644
--- a/.ruff.toml
+++ b/.ruff.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ lint.ignore = [
     "D200",  # One-line docstring should fit on one line
     "D202",  # No blank lines allowed after function docstring
     "D205",  # 1 blank line required between summary line and description
-    "D208",  # Docstring is over-indented
     "D209",  # Multi-line docstring closing quotes should be on a separate line
     "D211",  # No blank lines allowed before class docstring
     "D401",  # First line of docstring should be in imperative mood: ...
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ lint.ignore = [
     "D407",  # Missing dashed underline after section
     "D409",  # Section underline should match the length of its name
     "D410",  # Missing blank line after section
-    "D411",  # Missing blank line before section
     "D412",  # No blank lines allowed between a section header and its content 
 
     # pyupgrade (UP)
diff --git a/lib/iris/analysis/_regrid.py b/lib/iris/analysis/_regrid.py
index 3e9074fc6b..b2ce99ee7a 100644
--- a/lib/iris/analysis/_regrid.py
+++ b/lib/iris/analysis/_regrid.py
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ def _create_cube(data, src, src_dims, tgt_coords, num_tgt_dims, regrid_callback)
     regrid_callback : callable
         The routine that will be used to calculate the interpolated
         values of any reference surfaces.
+
     Returns
     -------
     cube
diff --git a/lib/iris/common/resolve.py b/lib/iris/common/resolve.py
index 9124483dac..ec73792915 100644
--- a/lib/iris/common/resolve.py
+++ b/lib/iris/common/resolve.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class Resolve:
         >>> resolver = Resolve(cube1, cube2)
         >>> results = [resolver.cube(data) for data in payload]
 
-    """  # noqa: D214
+    """  # noqa: D214, D411
 
     def __init__(self, lhs=None, rhs=None):
         """Resolve the provided ``lhs`` :class:`~iris.cube.Cube` operand and
@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ def mapped(self):
             >>> resolver.map_rhs_to_lhs
             False
 
-        """  # noqa: D214
+        """  # noqa: D214, D411
         result = None
         if self.mapping is not None:
             result = self._src_cube.ndim == len(self.mapping)
@@ -2554,5 +2554,5 @@ def shape(self):
             >>> Resolve(cube2, cube1).shape
             (240, 37, 49)
 
-        """  # noqa: D214
+        """  # noqa: D214, D411
         return self._broadcast_shape
diff --git a/lib/iris/cube.py b/lib/iris/cube.py
index cb9fc02520..44ca2777bb 100644
--- a/lib/iris/cube.py
+++ b/lib/iris/cube.py
@@ -4521,7 +4521,7 @@ def rolling_window(self, coord, aggregator, window, **kwargs):
             Notice that the forecast_period dimension now represents the 4
             possible windows of size 3 from the original cube.
 
-        """  # noqa: D214
+        """  # noqa: D214, D411
         # Update weights kwargs (if necessary) to handle different types of
         # weights
         weights_info = None
diff --git a/lib/iris/fileformats/dot.py b/lib/iris/fileformats/dot.py
index 6175dd553f..ff0e26bf84 100644
--- a/lib/iris/fileformats/dot.py
+++ b/lib/iris/fileformats/dot.py
@@ -337,16 +337,16 @@ def _coord_system_text(cs, uid):
 def _dot_node(indent, id, name, attributes):
     """Return a string containing the dot representation for a single node.
 
-    Args
-    ----
-    id
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    id :
         The ID of the node.
-    name
+    name :
         The visual name of the node.
-    attributes
+    attributes:
         An iterable of (name, value) attribute pairs.
 
-    """
+    """  # noqa: D411
     attributes = r"\n".join("%s: %s" % item for item in attributes)
     template = """%(indent)s"%(id)s" [
 %(indent)s    label = "%(name)s|%(attributes)s"
diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/geometry/test_geometry_area_weights.py b/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/geometry/test_geometry_area_weights.py
index 29b3ba8c7e..5d7d39dfc4 100644
--- a/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/geometry/test_geometry_area_weights.py
+++ b/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/geometry/test_geometry_area_weights.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Iris and is released under the BSD license.
 # See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
-"""Unit tests for the :func:`iris.analysis.geometry.geometry_area_weights`
-function.
-
- """
+"""Unit tests for the :func:`iris.analysis.geometry.geometry_area_weights` function."""
 
 # Import iris.tests first so that some things can be initialised before
 # importing anything else.