diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
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index 000000000..9b968cc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is created by a staging script which is optionally invoked (stage_generated_docs.sh)
+# but should not be checked-in.  (The nearby similarly-named dir can be checked-in but
+# as of this writing only by an automated workflow and only in a branch (like GitHub `main`)
+# intended for at least read-only consumption as opposed to merely development.)
+/*_doc.tgz
diff --git a/doc/ipc_doc/.gitignore b/doc/ipc_doc/.gitignore
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index aeb115089..000000000
--- a/doc/ipc_doc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# This shouldn't be checked-in (but the nearby related .tgz should be; see root README.md).
-/generated/**