diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ef184f29f..2afac7d320 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Local cache
 .ruff_cache
 crates/ruff/resources/test/cpython
-docs/*
-!docs/rules
-!docs/assets
-!docs/requirements.txt
 mkdocs.yml
 .overrides
 
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1127295048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*
+!rules
+!assets
+!requirements.txt