diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/.gitignore b/tools/jsdoc/.gitignore
index 148363ca03..b64f841525 100644
--- a/tools/jsdoc/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-out
+out/*
+!out/README.md
+
+
+
 
diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/out/README.md b/tools/jsdoc/out/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f9519555e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/out/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is the output directory for the JavaScript API documentation generated by jsdoc.
\ No newline at end of file