diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index c4aa446d..a6cc1733 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .*\.pyc$
-~$
\ No newline at end of file
+~$
+^docs/html
+^docs/build
\ No newline at end of file