diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45dee355b2..3921ecf41a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 .pydevproject
 .repo
 .settings
-out/*
-/third_party/gold/
+docs/
+out/
+third_party/gold/
 # Ignore llvm-build. This is only when you are using clang. Address Sanitizer
 # requires clang.
-/third_party/llvm-build/
+third_party/llvm-build/