diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index ded597cab8..c3ce50335a 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 /man/xl.conf.5.pod
 /man[1-9]/
 /pdf/
+/sphinx/
 /txt/