diff --git a/docs/reference/.cvsignore b/docs/reference/.cvsignore
index d7a28ccd0..d3ae73caa 100644
--- a/docs/reference/.cvsignore
+++ b/docs/reference/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+config.cache
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+aclocal.m4
 sgml
 html
 glib-decl-list.txt