diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f2290212..6221076cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 build
 ./dist
 docs/dist
-docs/build/*
+docs/build
+docs/_build
 docs/source/api/generated
 docs/gh-pages
 *.py[co]