diff --git a/docs/source/weights_loading.rst b/docs/source/weights_loading.rst
index f6ba221bee..8f44c10853 100644
--- a/docs/source/weights_loading.rst
+++ b/docs/source/weights_loading.rst
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ you can restore the model like this
     # uses in_dim=128, out_dim=10
     model = LitModel.load_from_checkpoint(PATH, in_dim=128, out_dim=10)
 
+.. automethod:: pytorch_lightning.core.lightning.LightningModule.load_from_checkpoint
+   :noindex:
 
 Restoring Training State
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