diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa21824..98fd9f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
-docs/
-typeshed/
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c27f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!*.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/typeshed/.gitignore b/typeshed/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c27f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typeshed/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!*.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file