diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5bf14f0601..8432c93fbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,37 @@ jobs:
           . venv/bin/activate
           pytest tests/ -k unittest_spelling
 
+  documentation:
+    name: checks / documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    needs: prepare-base
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.0
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+        id: python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+      - name: Restore Python virtual environment
+        id: cache-venv
+        uses: actions/cache@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          path: venv
+          key:
+            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.python.outputs.python-version }}-${{
+            needs.prepare-base.outputs.python-key }}
+      - name: Fail job if Python cache restore failed
+        if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "Failed to restore Python venv from cache"
+          exit 1
+      - name: Run checks on documentation code examples
+        run: |
+          . venv/bin/activate
+          pytest doc/test_messages_documentation.py
+
   prepare-tests-linux:
     name: tests / prepare / ${{ matrix.python-version }} / Linux
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/doc/data/messages/e/empty-docstring/bad.py b/doc/data/messages/e/empty-docstring/bad.py
index 83d3601251..33dbb5f881 100644
--- a/doc/data/messages/e/empty-docstring/bad.py
+++ b/doc/data/messages/e/empty-docstring/bad.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-def foo():
-    pass  # [emtpy-docstring]
+def foo():  # [empty-docstring]
+    """"""
diff --git a/doc/test_messages_documentation.py b/doc/test_messages_documentation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06c71d725c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/test_messages_documentation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"""Functional tests for the code examples in the messages documentation."""
+
+from collections import Counter
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Counter as CounterType
+from typing import List, TextIO, Tuple
+
+import pytest
+
+from pylint import checkers
+from pylint.config.config_initialization import _config_initialization
+from pylint.lint import PyLinter
+from pylint.message.message import Message
+from pylint.testutils.constants import _EXPECTED_RE
+from pylint.testutils.reporter_for_tests import FunctionalTestReporter
+
+MessageCounter = CounterType[Tuple[int, str]]
+
+
+def get_functional_test_files_from_directory(input_dir: Path) -> List[Tuple[str, Path]]:
+    """Get all functional tests in the input_dir."""
+    suite: List[Tuple[str, Path]] = []
+
+    for subdirectory in input_dir.iterdir():
+        for message_dir in subdirectory.iterdir():
+            if (message_dir / "good.py").exists():
+                suite.append(
+                    (message_dir.stem, message_dir / "good.py"),
+                )
+            if (message_dir / "bad.py").exists():
+                suite.append(
+                    (message_dir.stem, message_dir / "bad.py"),
+                )
+    return suite
+
+
+TESTS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "data" / "messages"
+TESTS = get_functional_test_files_from_directory(TESTS_DIR)
+TESTS_NAMES = [f"{t[0]}-{t[1].stem}" for t in TESTS]
+
+
+class LintModuleTest:
+    def __init__(self, test_file: Tuple[str, Path]) -> None:
+        self._test_file = test_file
+
+        _test_reporter = FunctionalTestReporter()
+
+        self._linter = PyLinter()
+        self._linter.config.persistent = 0
+        checkers.initialize(self._linter)
+
+        _config_initialization(
+            self._linter,
+            args_list=[
+                str(test_file[1]),
+                "--disable=all",
+                f"--enable={test_file[0]}",
+            ],
+            reporter=_test_reporter,
+        )
+
+    def runTest(self) -> None:
+        self._runTest()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_expected_messages(stream: TextIO) -> MessageCounter:
+        """Parse a file and get expected messages."""
+        messages: MessageCounter = Counter()
+        for i, line in enumerate(stream):
+            match = _EXPECTED_RE.search(line)
+            if match is None:
+                continue
+
+            line = match.group("line")
+            if line is None:
+                lineno = i + 1
+            else:
+                lineno = int(line)
+
+            for msg_id in match.group("msgs").split(","):
+                messages[lineno, msg_id.strip()] += 1
+        return messages
+
+    def _get_expected(self) -> MessageCounter:
+        """Get the expected messages for a file."""
+        with open(self._test_file[1], encoding="utf8") as f:
+            expected_msgs = self.get_expected_messages(f)
+        return expected_msgs
+
+    def _get_actual(self) -> MessageCounter:
+        """Get the actual messages after a run."""
+        messages: List[Message] = self._linter.reporter.messages
+        messages.sort(key=lambda m: (m.line, m.symbol, m.msg))
+        received_msgs: MessageCounter = Counter()
+        for msg in messages:
+            received_msgs[msg.line, msg.symbol] += 1
+        return received_msgs
+
+    def _runTest(self) -> None:
+        """Run the test and assert message differences."""
+        self._linter.check([str(self._test_file[1])])
+        expected_messages = self._get_expected()
+        actual_messages = self._get_actual()
+        assert expected_messages == actual_messages
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_file", TESTS, ids=TESTS_NAMES)
+def test_code_examples(test_file: Tuple[str, Path]) -> None:
+    lint_test = LintModuleTest(test_file)
+    lint_test.runTest()