diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90b516d8..7854d8b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ configure
 autom4te.cache
 config.log
 config.status
-Makefile
+/Makefile
 *ct-ng*
 !ct-ng.comp
 !ct-ng.in
 paths.*
+!paths.in
 config.gen/
 .config
 .config.2
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 53f6ef9f..fc05ff20 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *ct-ng*.1
 *ct-ng*.1.gz
+!ct-ng.1.in