diff --git a/pygmt/datasets/tile_map.py b/pygmt/datasets/tile_map.py
index 758354ebf5c..c55f1a28a52 100644
--- a/pygmt/datasets/tile_map.py
+++ b/pygmt/datasets/tile_map.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
 
+__doctest_skip__ = ["load_tile_map"]
 __doctest_requires__ = {("load_tile_map"): ["contextily"]}
 
 
diff --git a/pygmt/params/position.py b/pygmt/params/position.py
index 7e4ac3850b4..dca389225e5 100644
--- a/pygmt/params/position.py
+++ b/pygmt/params/position.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from pygmt.helpers import is_nonstr_iter
 from pygmt.params.base import BaseParam
 
+__doctest_skip__ = ["Position"]
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(repr=False)
 class Position(BaseParam):
diff --git a/pygmt/src/grdfilter.py b/pygmt/src/grdfilter.py
index a1e9393abb3..3fd5951182e 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/grdfilter.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/grdfilter.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 from pygmt.clib import Session
 from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list, fmt_docstring, use_alias
 
+__doctest_skip__ = ["grdfilter"]
+
 
 @fmt_docstring
 @use_alias(D="distance", F="filter", N="nans", f="coltypes")
diff --git a/pygmt/src/shift_origin.py b/pygmt/src/shift_origin.py
index ca3522cbe02..dc9312189cd 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/shift_origin.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/shift_origin.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from pygmt.clib import Session
 from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list
 
+__doctest_skip__ = ["shift_origin"]
+
 
 def shift_origin(
     self, xshift: float | str | None = None, yshift: float | str | None = None