diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index c757205e4c..90b1e2c7ef 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-reference/*.md
+# This is generated by build:api-docs in the root
+reference
diff --git a/docs/reference/.generated b/docs/reference/.generated
deleted file mode 100644
index e08947a827..0000000000
--- a/docs/reference/.generated
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The contents of this folder is generated by the root `yarn build:api-docs` command.
-Don't put any additional content here as it will be overwritten during the microsite build.