diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index c587f5ee07..cbe8c31cde 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ unfixable = ["B"]
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
 "__init__.py" = ["E402"]
 "path/to/file.py" = ["E402"]
+"**/{tests,docs,tools}/*" = ["E402"]
 ```
 
 Plugin configurations should be expressed as subsections, e.g.: