diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 194e5ae..57ccb31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Working notes and local tooling, not part of the published source
 .claude/
-# In docs/ only the user guide is published; notes, the scripts that build the guide and its
-# screenshots stay local.
+# docs/ stays local. The user guide files already in the repository stay tracked; anything new
+# there has to be added on purpose.
 docs/*
-!docs/user-guide.md
-!docs/user-guide.pdf
-!docs/user-guide.docx