diff --git a/docs/content/using-npm/developers.md b/docs/content/using-npm/developers.md
index a76808ca675e6..5fc2e5876e3dd 100644
--- a/docs/content/using-npm/developers.md
+++ b/docs/content/using-npm/developers.md
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ need to add them to `.npmignore` explicitly:
 * `._*`
 * `.DS_Store`
 * `.git`
+* `.gitignore`
 * `.hg`
+* `.npmignore`
 * `.npmrc`
 * `.lock-wscript`
 * `.svn`