diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09a0cb67..458cf82c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 MANIFEST
 build/
 dist/
-docs/_build
 htmlcov/
 *.egg-info
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..378eac25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index ce73f29a..bc394d34 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ default:
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
-BUILDDIR      = _build
+BUILDDIR      = build
 
 # User-friendly check for sphinx-build
 ifeq ($(shell which $(SPHINXBUILD) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 1)