diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index a1cfb508250..1efd342429f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
         "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\W+)?(?:build|test)\\W+(?:this|it))",
         "skip_ci_labels": [ ],
         "skip_target_branches": [ ],
-        "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [ ],
+        "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [
+          "^docs/"
+        ],
         "always_require_ci_on_changed": [ ]
       }
     ]