diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95a2971ea7..f38bb30205 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ qemu-img
 qemu-nbd
 qemu-nbd.8
 qemu-nbd.pod
+qemu-options.texi
 qemu-io
 .gdbinit
 *.a