diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61a00fe77c..195b04c1a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@ docs/_build
 docs/_static
 docs/_templates
 docs/changed-files
+# generated by man/man/md2man-all.sh
+man/man1
+man/man5
 pyenv
 vendor/pkg/
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 8da058a806..d22a3d702d 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-# generated by man/man/md2man-all.sh
-man1/
-man5/
 # avoid commiting the awsconfig file used for releases
 awsconfig