diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55a49141886a3990097cfd4477a93527824ef674..0c0ee9ae0888c34d1beba4413f18848733f828d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ wheels/
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
 
+# rst files
+*.rst
+
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.