diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bdea46e11..2aa946d44 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ docs/developers/architecture/ui_sections/*
 docs/guides/_viewer_events.md
 docs/images/_autogenerated/
 docs/jupyter_execute/
+docs/release/index.md
 docs/sg_execution_times.rst
 
 # come from npe2 docs