diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2176c885b53..4664f300111 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ tooling/noirc_abi_wasm/web
 tooling/noir_js/lib
 
 # Doc-generator
-tooling/doc_generator/generated_doc
+tooling/doc_generator/generated_doc/*
+!tooling/doc_generator/generated_doc/.gitkeep
 
 **/package.tgz
 packages
diff --git a/tooling/doc_generator/generated_doc/.gitkeep b/tooling/doc_generator/generated_doc/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d