diff --git a/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr b/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
index fc582ba8a473..ec2070cc9039 100644
--- a/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ module Crystal
     end
 
     describe_file "example/.gitignore" do |gitignore|
+      gitignore.should contain("/docs/")
       gitignore.should contain("/.shards/")
       gitignore.should contain("/shard.lock")
       gitignore.should contain("/lib/")
     end
 
     describe_file "example_app/.gitignore" do |gitignore|
+      gitignore.should contain("/docs/")
       gitignore.should contain("/.shards/")
       gitignore.should_not contain("/shard.lock")
       gitignore.should contain("/lib/")
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/gitignore.ecr b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/gitignore.ecr
index 824437fa0962..1141fbd8356c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/gitignore.ecr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/gitignore.ecr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/doc/
+/docs/
 /lib/
 /bin/
 /.shards/