diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 63f222bed..45d341451 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', '_static/docson/**.html', '_static/docson/**.md']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', '**/docson/**.html', '**/docson/**.md']
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------