diff --git a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
index 82114cae475..eac5f50c09b 100644
--- a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
@@ -57,16 +57,21 @@ Creating a `.gitignore` file in your repository will tell Git which files NOT to
 Here is an example that will ignore everything but your YAML configuration.
 
 ```bash
-# Example .gitignore file for your config dir. Lines with ! will not be ignored.
+# Example .gitignore file for your config dir.
+# A * ensures that everything will be ignored.
 *
+
+# You can whitelist files/folders with !, these will not be ignored.
 !*.yaml
 !.gitignore
-*.conf
-*.txt
-*.log
+!*.md
+
+# Ignore folders.
 .storage
 .cloud
 .google.token
+
+# Ensure these YAML files are ignored, otherwise your secret data/credentials will leak.
 ip_bans.yaml
 secrets.yaml
 known_devices.yaml