diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index b3f26d5..18aebb6 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 needs_sphinx = '1.2'
 
 # Ignore any .rst files in the venv/ directory.
-exclude_patterns = ['venv/*']
+exclude_patterns = ['venv/*', 'README.rst']
 
 
 # Options for HTML output