Add tables.load docstring

Fixes #3406

Author: hyanwong

python/tskit/tables.py

@@ -3455,6 +3455,21 @@ def __getstate__(self):
 
     @classmethod
     def load(cls, file_or_path, *, skip_tables=False, skip_reference_sequence=False):
+        """
+        Load a TableCollection from a file or path, saved in the format defined by
+        :meth:`.dump`. If the file is not in a valid format, an exception will be
+        raised.
+
+        :param file_or_path: The file object or path from which to load the
+            TableCollection.
+        :param bool skip_tables: If True, no tables are read from the ``.trees``
+            file and only the top-level information is populated in the returned
+            TableCollection.
+        :param bool skip_reference_sequence: If True, tables are read
+            without loading any reference sequence.
+        :return: A TableCollection instance
+        :rtype: TableCollection
+        """
         file, local_file = util.convert_file_like_to_open_file(file_or_path, "rb")
         ll_tc = _tskit.TableCollection()
         try:
@@ -3474,7 +3489,8 @@ def dump(self, file_or_path):
         """
         Writes the table collection to the specified path or file object.
 
-        :param str file_or_path: The file object or path to write the TreeSequence to.
+        :param str file_or_path: The file object or path to which to write this
+            TableCollection.
         """
         file, local_file = util.convert_file_like_to_open_file(file_or_path, "wb")
         try: