diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
index 07053cbb05aa..34e573e0eea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
-    - ci/linters
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - task: lint
-          # - task: check-docs
+          - task: check-docs
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -48,48 +47,48 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=${CONDA}/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:${PATH}
           $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/setup.sh || exit 1
           $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/test.sh || exit 1
-  # r-check-docs:
-  #   name: r-package-check-docs
-  #   timeout-minutes: 60
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   container: rocker/verse
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Trust git cloning LightGBM
-  #       run: |
-  #         git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
-  #     - name: Checkout repository
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-  #       with:
-  #         fetch-depth: 5
-  #         submodules: true
-  #     - name: Install packages
-  #       shell: bash
-  #       run: |
-  #         Rscript -e "install.packages(c('R6', 'data.table', 'jsonlite', 'knitr', 'markdown', 'Matrix', 'RhpcBLASctl', 'roxygen2', 'testthat'), repos = 'https://cran.rstudio.com', Ncpus = parallel::detectCores())"
-  #         sh build-cran-package.sh || exit 1
-  #         R CMD INSTALL --with-keep.source lightgbm_*.tar.gz || exit 1
-  #     - name: Test documentation
-  #       shell: bash --noprofile --norc {0}
-  #       run: |
-  #         Rscript --vanilla -e "roxygen2::roxygenize('R-package/', load = 'installed')" || exit 1
-  #         num_doc_files_changed=$(
-  #             git diff --name-only | grep --count -E "\.Rd|NAMESPACE"
-  #         )
-  #         if [[ ${num_doc_files_changed} -gt 0 ]]; then
-  #             echo "Some R documentation files have changed. Please re-generate them and commit those changes."
-  #             echo ""
-  #             echo "    sh build-cran-package.sh"
-  #             echo "    R CMD INSTALL --with-keep.source lightgbm_*.tar.gz"
-  #             echo "    Rscript -e \"roxygen2::roxygenize('R-package/', load = 'installed')\""
-  #             echo ""
-  #             exit 1
-  #         fi
-  # all-static-analysis-jobs-successful:
-  #   if: always()
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   needs: [test, r-check-docs]
-  #   steps:
-  #   - name: Note that all tests succeeded
-  #     uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.2.2
-  #     with:
-  #       jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+  r-check-docs:
+    name: r-package-check-docs
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: rocker/verse
+    steps:
+      - name: Trust git cloning LightGBM
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 5
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Install packages
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          Rscript -e "install.packages(c('R6', 'data.table', 'jsonlite', 'knitr', 'markdown', 'Matrix', 'RhpcBLASctl', 'roxygen2', 'testthat'), repos = 'https://cran.rstudio.com', Ncpus = parallel::detectCores())"
+          sh build-cran-package.sh || exit 1
+          R CMD INSTALL --with-keep.source lightgbm_*.tar.gz || exit 1
+      - name: Test documentation
+        shell: bash --noprofile --norc {0}
+        run: |
+          Rscript --vanilla -e "roxygen2::roxygenize('R-package/', load = 'installed')" || exit 1
+          num_doc_files_changed=$(
+              git diff --name-only | grep --count -E "\.Rd|NAMESPACE"
+          )
+          if [[ ${num_doc_files_changed} -gt 0 ]]; then
+              echo "Some R documentation files have changed. Please re-generate them and commit those changes."
+              echo ""
+              echo "    sh build-cran-package.sh"
+              echo "    R CMD INSTALL --with-keep.source lightgbm_*.tar.gz"
+              echo "    Rscript -e \"roxygen2::roxygenize('R-package/', load = 'installed')\""
+              echo ""
+              exit 1
+          fi
+  all-static-analysis-jobs-successful:
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [test, r-check-docs]
+    steps:
+    - name: Note that all tests succeeded
+      uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.2.2
+      with:
+        jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}