diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 1b7eb86..63de89a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
 ]
 
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", "**.ipynb_checkpoints"]
+exclude_patterns = [
+    "_build",
+    "Thumbs.db",
+    ".DS_Store",
+    "**.ipynb_checkpoints",
+    "changes",
+]
 nitpicky = True
 
 # Report warnings for all validation checks except "ES01", "SA01", "EX01"