diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41e89d048f..7e1d5602e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ py-compile
 *.lo
 *.la
 autom4te.cache
+README
+AUTHORS
+NEWS
+TODO
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c863daf063..ec1f6ebf6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 	* README, AUTHORS, NEWS, TODO: removed (generated from docs/*)
 
+	* docs/.cvsignore: add generated files
+
 2003-06-26  David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* configure.ac, AUTHORS, NEWS, README, TODO, docs/Makefile.am,
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 4c1e7510ec..61f56468b6 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-gst-python.html
-gst-python.txt
-gst-python.pdf
+*.txt
+*.pdf
+*.html
+gst-python.ent