diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77d851f0..5d1372e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 
 /completion/*-completion-think.*
 /completion/pony*.pony*
-/manuals/manpage.*.gz
-/ponysay.info
-/ponysay.info.gz
 /truncater
 *.install
+*.gz
+*.xz
+*.bzip2
+*.zip
+*.info
+*.ps
+*.dvi
 /Makefile
 /quotes/