diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cc38924..581094b7 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 .tox
 __pycache__
 build
+docs/_build
 coverage.xml
 dist
 examples/frameworks/django/testing/testdb.sql
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index edf1811e..af8aae7e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include examples/frameworks *
 recursive-exclude * __pycache__
+recursive-exclude docs/build *
+recursive-exclude docs/_build *
 recursive-exclude * *.py[co]