diff --git a/sklearn/datasets/_samples_generator.py b/sklearn/datasets/_samples_generator.py
index 192f8e6759ddb..127fb58ef3932 100644
--- a/sklearn/datasets/_samples_generator.py
+++ b/sklearn/datasets/_samples_generator.py
@@ -1882,6 +1882,17 @@ def make_biclusters(
     return result, rows, cols
 
 
+@validate_params(
+    {
+        "shape": [tuple],
+        "n_clusters": [Interval(Integral, 1, None, closed="left"), "array-like"],
+        "noise": [Interval(Real, 0, None, closed="left")],
+        "minval": [Interval(Real, None, None, closed="neither")],
+        "maxval": [Interval(Real, None, None, closed="neither")],
+        "shuffle": ["boolean"],
+        "random_state": ["random_state"],
+    }
+)
 def make_checkerboard(
     shape,
     n_clusters,
@@ -1907,10 +1918,10 @@ def make_checkerboard(
     noise : float, default=0.0
         The standard deviation of the gaussian noise.
 
-    minval : int, default=10
+    minval : float, default=10
         Minimum value of a bicluster.
 
-    maxval : int, default=100
+    maxval : float, default=100
         Maximum value of a bicluster.
 
     shuffle : bool, default=True
diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
index 4b1934c378fbf..0fde457868669 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def _check_function_param_validation(
     "sklearn.datasets.fetch_olivetti_faces",
     "sklearn.datasets.load_svmlight_file",
     "sklearn.datasets.load_svmlight_files",
+    "sklearn.datasets.make_checkerboard",
     "sklearn.datasets.make_circles",
     "sklearn.datasets.make_classification",
     "sklearn.datasets.make_friedman1",