diff --git a/continuous_integration/travis/flake8_diff.sh b/continuous_integration/travis/flake8_diff.sh
index 119e383fa6..3dc77a628d 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/travis/flake8_diff.sh
+++ b/continuous_integration/travis/flake8_diff.sh
@@ -133,6 +133,6 @@ check_files() {
 if [[ "$MODIFIED_FILES" == "no_match" ]]; then
     echo "No file has been modified"
 else
-    check_files "$(echo "$MODIFIED_FILES" )" "--ignore=E501,E731,E12,W503 --exclude=*.sh,*.md,*.yml"
+    check_files "$(echo "$MODIFIED_FILES" )" "--ignore=E501,E731,E12,W503 --exclude=*.sh,*.md,*.yml,*.rst,*.ipynb"
 fi
 echo -e "No problem detected by flake8\n"