diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36c65bdaa..c5279a468 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 !/inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep
 !/inventory/scripts
 /roles/*/files/scratchpad
+/roles/matrix-synapse/files/workers.upstream-documentation.md
+/roles/matrix-synapse/vars/workers.yml
 .DS_Store
 .python-version