diff --git a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
index cf526c7b502..82114cae475 100644
--- a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
@@ -57,10 +57,17 @@ 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
+# Example .gitignore file for your config dir. Lines with ! will not be ignored.
 *
 !*.yaml
 !.gitignore
+*.conf
+*.txt
+*.log
+.storage
+.cloud
+.google.token
+ip_bans.yaml
 secrets.yaml
 known_devices.yaml
 ```