diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
index c24667c18d..0240e81c45 100644
--- a/.rat-excludes
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -86,4 +86,8 @@ local-1430917381535_2
 DESCRIPTION
 NAMESPACE
 test_support/*
+.*Rd
+help/*
+html/*
+INDEX
 .lintr