diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index a17ac8762d8f9f..98889ddf982825 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ macro_rules! try_init {
 /// Asserts that a field on a struct using `#[pin_data]` is marked with `#[pin]` ie. that it is
 /// structurally pinned.
 ///
-/// # Example
+/// # Examples
 ///
 /// This will succeed:
 /// ```
diff --git a/rust/kernel/list/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/list/arc.rs
index d801b9dc6291db..611ce07cd29054 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/list/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/list/arc.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ where
 
 /// A utility for tracking whether a [`ListArc`] exists using an atomic.
 ///
-/// # Invariant
+/// # Invariants
 ///
 /// If the boolean is `false`, then there is no [`ListArc`] for this value.
 #[repr(transparent)]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index 3021f30fd822f6..3d3c100b0c0dfa 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> From<Pin<UniqueArc<T>>> for Arc<T> {
 /// There are no mutable references to the underlying [`Arc`], and it remains valid for the
 /// lifetime of the [`ArcBorrow`] instance.
 ///
-/// # Example
+/// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use kernel::sync::{Arc, ArcBorrow};
diff --git a/rust/macros/lib.rs b/rust/macros/lib.rs
index a626b1145e5c4f..3879e116286637 100644
--- a/rust/macros/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/lib.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ pub fn pinned_drop(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// literals (lifetimes and documentation strings are not supported). There is a difference in
 /// supported modifiers as well.
 ///
-/// # Example
+/// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```ignore
 /// use kernel::macro::paste;
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 39032224d504f1..cb5ecdb6df9bdd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3900,6 +3900,13 @@ sub process {
 			     "Avoid using '.L' prefixed local symbol names for denoting a range of code via 'SYM_*_START/END' annotations; see Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check that document section headers are plural in rust files
+		if ($realfile =~ /\.rs$/
+			&& $rawline =~ /^\+\s*\/\/\/\s+#+\s+(Example|Invariant|Guarantee|Panic)\s*$/) {
+			WARN( "RUST_DOC_HEADER",
+				"Rust doc headers should be plural\n" . $herecurr );
+		}
+
 # check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl|dtsi|dts)$/);