diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 55b81cd3..40ddadb3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:doc8]
 commands =
-  doc8 *.rst **/*.rst
+  doc8 --ignore-path={envdir} --ignore-path=*.txt --ignore-path=**/*.txt