diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d93f5f4..33ce435 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include IPython/frontend/qt/console/resources/icon/IPythonConsole.svg
 # Documentation
 graft docs
 exclude docs/\#*
-exclude docs/man/*.1
+exclude docs/man/*.1.gz
 
 # docs subdirs we want to skip
 prune docs/attic