diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e32a58417a..aed0e1ff02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,14 +37,8 @@
 /qemu-tech.html
 /qemu-doc.info
 /qemu-tech.info
-/qemu.1
-/qemu.pod
-/qemu-img.1
-/qemu-img.pod
 /qemu-img
 /qemu-nbd
-/qemu-nbd.8
-/qemu-nbd.pod
 /qemu-options.def
 /qemu-options.texi
 /qemu-img-cmds.texi
@@ -56,8 +50,7 @@
 /qmp-commands.txt
 /vscclient
 /fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper
-/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1
-/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod
+*.[1-9]
 *.a
 *.aux
 *.cp
@@ -70,6 +63,7 @@
 *.ky
 *.log
 *.pdf
+*.pod
 *.cps
 *.fns
 *.kys