diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 80b361ffbd..52128cf844 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
-docs/
+docs/_build/
 pyspark.egg-info
 build/
 dist/