diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 0e3033d12..7cadda2a9 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ignore =
 optional-ascii-coding = True
 exclude =
     ./.git,
-    ./docs,
+    ./docs/*,
     ./build,
     ./scripts,
     ./venv,