diff --git a/docs/libs/.gitignore b/docs/libs/.gitignore
index 6588f04b22..fbb79da7b6 100644
--- a/docs/libs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/libs/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ Makefile.in
 *.prerequisites
 *.signals
 doc-registry.xml
+
+*-unused.sgml
+*.bak
+*.sgml
diff --git a/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 15245af916..0000000000
--- a/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*-unused.sgml
-*.bak
-*.sgml
-
diff --git a/docs/plugins/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/.gitignore
index 43d5d4d836..7d868e5142 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/plugins/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Makefile.in
 tmpl
 xml
 html
+tmpl/*.sgml
 
 gst-plugins-base-plugins-scan
 gst-plugins-base-plugins-scan.c
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 078ee87961..0000000000
--- a/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.sgml